DirectAdmin Cloud Hosting

Quick, Simple, and Scalable DirectAdmin Cloud Hosting

Why Should I Choose DirectAdmin Cloud Hosting or a DirectAdmin Dedicated Server?

When you get DirectAdmin cloud hosting or a DirectAdmin dedicated server from Steadfast Networks, you’re getting a web hosting control panel with superior speed, ease of use, and stability. It all offers a huge range of features for users and administrators. Plus, its support options are recognized as some of the best available. Some of the great features offered by DirectAdmin include:

E-Mail and FTP Menus: Users get complete control over POP and IMAP e-mail accounts, as well as FTP accounts.

File Manager: As an alternative to FTP, you can use the file manager function to build your site.

MySQL Databases and Site Backup: A MySQL menu allows for easy management of your databases, while the site backup tool gives you complete control of your site history.

Statistics Menu: The built-in reporting suite ensures that every possible site statistic can be recorded and analyzed, and provides the administrator with a complete report of usage and Ethernet card input/output.

IP Manager: This tool allows the administrator to specify available IP addresses and allocate IP addresses to resellers.M

DirectAdmin also offers superior customer support to you and your site users. The Integrated Ticket Support System helps you keep on top of customer service, while the TaskQueue tool ensures automatic recovery if any component crashes. And since all DirectAdmin licenses are unlimited-domain, there's no cap on the number of accounts that can be hosted through the control panel. With all these great features as well as the software's incredible functionality and ease of use, DirectAdmin is a great choice.

How to Get DirectAdmin Cloud Hosting

Steadfast Networks makes getting adding DirectAdmin cloud hosting incredibly easy. Cloud Platform customers can install DirectAdmin for only an additional $5 per month for each license. Pre-installed templates for CentOS 5, CentOS 6, and Debian 6 are available, but you can also install DirectAdmin on your Virtual Machine from scratch. Take a look at these instructions for a more detailed explanation.

Before using DirectAdmin you'll need to open a ticket with our sales department, or email sales@steadfast.net. When you've successfully obtained your license, first, run the following commands (replacing with the provided ID number):

/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/getLicense.sh 1308 /etc/init.d/directadmin restart

Then, all you need to do is access DirectAdmin at http://YOURIP:2222/ using the username "admin" and your root password.

How to Get a DirectAdmin Dedicated Server

Simple, just ask for a DirectAdmin dedicated server when working out your server lease with our representative. Unlimited DirectAdmin domains are completely free!

DirectAdmin System Requirements:

Note that DirectAdmin recommends installing the control panel after a clean operating system install, and never recommends installing DirectAdmin on an existing live production server.

Processor
500MHz CPU (minimum recommended)
Memory
512MB RAM minimum (2GB+ preferred)
Disk Space
2GB free space minimum
Operating System (one of the following)
Redhat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0
RedHat Fedora 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (not supporting future versions)
RedHat Enterprise / CentOS 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x (64-bit: 4.1 - 4.5, 5.x, 6.x)
FreeBSD 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 7.x 64-bit, 8.x 64-bit (7.3 may require an exim recompile)
Debian 4.0, 5.0, 6.0. 64-bit: 5.0, 6.0 (Ubuntu 9/10 is derived from Debian 5)

Additional requirements, including details on partition structure and software requirements, can be viewed

DirectAdmin Tips, Tricks, and Documentation

You can find a huge amount of information on DirectAdmin's website, including a Support page, Knowledgebase, and Forums. In addition, DirectAdmin hosts Site-Helper, an additional knowledgebase designed to help you get the most of the DirectAdmin control panel.