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DirectAdmin Change VHost

DirectAdmin, a web hosting control panel, has a command-line tool called “directadmin change vhost” that lets us adjust the virtual host settings for a particular domain or website that is hosted on the DirectAdmin server.

The document root, SSL configuration, log files, and other settings, as well as how the web server responds to requests for that domain, are all defined by the virtual host configuration. The syntax is as follows:

DirectAdmin Change VHost: Use-cases

Multiple features of the virtual host setup can be changed with the “directadmin change vhost” command. The following are some of them:

1. We can use the following command in order to update the document root directory for a domain:

2. Use the following command to enable SSL for a domain:

3. The following codes can be used to modify PHP-related settings for a domain, such as the PHP version or PHP configuration options:

DirectAdmin will check changes made to the virtual host config using this code before applying them to the correct Apache or Nginx setup file. We may also need to restart the web server in order for the changes to take effect. The following commands can be used to restart Nginx or Apache, respectively:

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Conclusion

Restarting the web server can result in a brief interruption of website access; thus, it’s best to schedule these kinds of tasks which involves server restarting for times when traffic is light.