Let us take a look at how to Install and manage DirectAdmin on Ubuntu in detail. Bobcares answers all of your questions on DirectAdmin no matter the size, as part of our DirectAdmin support

DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin allows to manage DNS, a list of available IP addresses, statistics on used resources, perform various changes, examine system information, manage mailboxes and subdomains, and establish FTP accounts, and backups depending on the access level. It is possible to create template accounts for all roles except an administrator, and this is just a small portion of its extensive capability. It supports Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora, Debian, and FreeBSD operating systems.

DirectAdmin works with the following software: Apache, MySQL, Exim, PHP, Perl, BIND, and Dovecot. It is popular among American and European web hosts due to its simplicity of use and fast performance. This panel’s updates are free and often.

DirectAdmin

Listed down are the requirements for installing DirectAdmin on ubuntu:

1. A server running Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04, or any other Debian-based distribution such as Linux Mint.
2. Use a fresh OS installation to avoid any potential problems.
3. A non-root sudo user or root user access so use sudo as a non-root user.

Install DirectAdmin on Ubuntu

To begin, perform the following apt commands in the terminal to ensure that all system packages are up to current. sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Installing a Necessary Dependency: Install the following packages now:

sudo apt install wget gcc g++ make flex bison openssl libssl-dev \ perl perl-base perl-modules libperl-dev libperl4-corelibs-perl \ libwww-perl libaio1 libaio-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev libcap-dev cron \ bzip2 zip automake autoconf libtool cmake pkg-config python \ libdb-dev libsasl2-dev libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libsystemd-dev \ bind9 dnsutils quota patch logrotate rsyslog libc6-dev libexpat1-dev \ libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl curl libnuma-dev libnuma1

DirectAdmin installation on Ubuntu 20.04. For that run the following command to download and install the DirectAdmin installation script on ubuntu from the official website:

bash <(curl -Ss https://www.directadmin.com/setup.sh) auto

After that, use Ubuntu to access DirectAdmin after installing DirectAdmin on ubuntu.

Finally, by default, DirectAdmin will be accessible over HTTPS port 80. Navigate to http://user-domain.com/2222 or http://user-server-ip/2222 in any browser. If there is a firewall, open port 2222 to gain access to the control panel.

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Conclusion

To conclude, installing DirectAdmin ubuntu is an easy process, and can be done with the assistance of a few simple commands.