The module will allow your clients to remotely handle FTP accounts, create backups, install SSL certificates as well as set up various applications with the inbuilt installers.

We will guide you step by step through the whole installation process.

In the most recent versions of the module, you will find only one package that supports PHP 7.2 and later.

The first one that supports PHP 5.6 up to PHP 7.1, and the second one addressed to PHP 7.2 up to PHP 7.4.
Note: Keep in mind that PHP versions 5.6 up to 7.1 are no longer officially supported and their security issues are not fixed or released any more. Find more info here.

The content of the package to upload should look like this.

The file is located in 'modules/servers/directadminExtended/license_RENAME.php'. Rename it from 'license_RENAME.php' to 'license.php'.

Enter your license key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen. You can find your license key in our client area → 'My Products'.

Both folders are available at 'yourWHMCS/modules/addons/DirectAdminExtended/storage' and 'yourWHMCS/modules/servers/directadminExtended/storage' .

Log in to your WHMCS admin area. Move to 'System Settings' then choose 'Addon Modules'.
Afterwards, find 'DirectAdmin Extended' and press the 'Activate' button.

To do so, click on the 'Configure' button, select required administrator groups and press 'Save Changes'.

You may access your addon under 'Addons' → 'DirectAdmin Extended'.

To do so, log into your WHMCS and go to 'System Settings' → 'Servers'.
Once you are there, press 'Add New Server'.

In this section, you can also provide other server details like nameservers or the maximum number of accounts.
Note: Please remember that you can use login credentials of administrator or reseller account (reseller's login credentials can be used from the 3.3.0 version of the module).

At this point, you need to create a new group for your server. For that purpose, press 'Create New Group'.

If you do not have a product group, click on 'Create a New Group'. If you do, simply move to the step 15.

To create a product, click on 'Create a New Product'.

Press 'Continue'.

• Choose a preconfigured 'Package' you want to use
• Select 'Reseller IP Address' if required:
  • 'Shared' - the domain will use the server's main IP
  • 'Shared - Reseller's IP' - the domain will set the resellers IP to shared and assign the reseller to it
  • 'Assigned' - the domain will use one of the reseller's IPs

• 'Share Server IP Address with Reseller' - allow resellers to create sites with the server IP address (resellers only)
• 'IP Addresses Assigned to Reseller' - define the number of IP addresses assigned to a reseller for product configuration (resellers only)

You can also activate the feature to automatically suspend accounts when the bandwidth limit is reached. Simply tick 'Suspend at Limit'.
Don't forget to press 'Save Changes' in the end.

A list of customizable options will appear. Configure them at your own discretion or generate Configurable Options instead.
Also, you can generate custom fields if you wish to use the product with Auto Installed Applications.

The dashboard located there contains the precise data on available products and servers:

• see the number of active/suspended/terminated products
• check the number of active accounts
• log into panel
• upgrade your DirectAdmin products
• press the 'Documentation' tab to be moved to this very site!

Begin by selecting the features you would like to activate for your customers.

In case you wish to enable this feature, you will have to select 'Auto Installer' from a dropdown menu. After, activate 'Install Button' and 'Backup Button'.
You can also choose a desired language of the applications by typing in its two-letter code into the 'Language' field. A complete list of language codes can be found here.
If the field is left blank, a default value, which is 'en' (English) will be used.
Note: You can also create a configurable option with app to be installed, you can find the relevant instruction here.

Do not forget to 'Save' changes once the product configuration is ready!

This will allow creating backups on external servers defined by their admin, which then will be available for the clients to choose. Find more about Backups here.

Simply fill out the form with 'Backup Name', 'Host', 'Port', 'User', 'Password' and 'Path to Files'.
Afterwards, save it by pressing the 'Save' button.

Find the 'Copy Configuration' button on the list with products or select multiple items at once. Then choose the product configuration which settings you wish to copy into the selected products.

This is what your customers should see in your client area.

Below you can see the view of the ordered product summary in the admin area. Available actions:

• Log In To Control Panel
• Use the module commands: 'Create', 'Suspend', 'Unsuspend', 'Terminate' the product; 'Change Package' and 'Change Password'

This short guide will present you the possibilities of our addon module.

Analyze them carefully to enjoy full and easy management.

• 'Secure SSL'
  • 'Force SSL With HTTPS Redirect'
• 'CGI Access'
• 'PHP Access'
• 'Local Mail Server'

A separate section has been dedicated to applications, please move to section Install Applications to learn how to manage applications and their backups.

To delete backup, simply press an adequate icon.

Afterwards, press the 'Create' button to order it.

Then, toggle options that you want to restore with this action.
Note: Only backed up features are available here to choose, all the others are hidden.

Note: Please refer to Tips section, point 4, to learn how to manage FTP and Admin backups.

Toggle privileges you wish to assign to the user and confirm the changes.

View the list of files with specific data on them: name, file size, last modification date and given permissions.

Note: Only folders placed in the public_html directory can be protected, no other files have this option.
All files with this opton enalbed will be listed in the Protected Directoiries section.

Handle the accounts to be able to access your website files through an FTP protocol. You can also suspend or unsuspend created accounts.

Press the icon next to every of your domains to see existings, currently protected URLs.

Press 'Add new URL' to protect another link.

• Enable/disable protection
• Type in the protected file types, use commas to separate, and do not use spaces in between
• Allow blank referrer
• Allow redirection
  • Provide redirection URL if enabled

If you are certain about creating a new record, please fill out the form with the following information:

• Name - The hostname or domain name to which the record applies. If left empty, the domain name will be used for the created MX record.
• Priority - The priority value, an integer between 0 and 65535, determines the order in which mail exchangers are verified. Lower values indicate a higher priority of the record.
• Value - The mail exchanger (MX) server's hostname or IP address. Please ensure to add a period symbol at the end of the domain name if it should not be auto-appended.

It is also possible to 'Set MX Tmeplate' from this point. You will find this option as marked on the screen below:

They will be automatically sent as a response message when you have no access to your mailbox.

• Fail - the sender will be informed that the recipient does not exist
• Ignore - the email is dropped, no message is sent back
• Address - the email will be forwarded to an email address of your choice.

1. View SMTP Logs - incoming and outgoing
2. Change Password
3. Edit Limits
4. Download Outlook Configuration
5. Delete Account

• block email addresses
• block email domains
• block emails with a chosen word
• block emails larger than the specified number of kilobytes

• define the action for blocked emails: 'Drop Email' or 'Send To SPAMbox'
• adult filter - enable/disable

You can set up:

• Action performed on spam emails
• Threshold
• Define separate actions for spam emails of the above defined threshold
• Define whether to change the spam email subject or leave it intact
• Choose how spam should be delivered
• Specify blacklisted email addresses
• Specify whitelisted email addresses

The only difference is that the vacation message replies only to the first email received per email address.
Note: If there is already an autoresponder set up for the account, it will be impossible to set a vacation message to that account.

To start tracking, simply click on the 'Create Repository' button.

Select the domain and provide a name. You may also provide an optional directory that will direct you to the remote repository. this field is required for synchronization only.
Select your key file or choose the "Without SSH" option. It is an optional public key authorized by the remote repository, required for syncing to a private remote repository only.

• display repository details (1)
• deploy repository (2)
• fetch repository (3)
• access repository logs (4)
• modify details (5)
• delete repository (6) - accessible via mass actions as well to delete repos in bulk

Important: You may protect single folders directly in 'File Manager' section, however, they must be located in the 'public_htlm' directory only.

1. View/Add directory users
2. Edit directory name
3. Delete single directory protection
   

Use mass action button to remove the password protection of the selected directories.

mytestdomain.com/redirect → adomainwithlongname-averylongname.com
Choose the type: 'Permanent', 'Temporary' or 'Replaced'.

Generating a CSR or a certificate with 'Let's Encrypt' will result with automatically added private keys to the list.

You may also upload a ready certificate with a private key or a CA SSL Certificate (Certificate Authority). Use 'More Actions' to find appropriate buttons.

In 'Entries' tab you will find all existing subdomains for the selected domain.

Thanks to it, you can conveniently manage all the aspects of your SSL certificates without the necessity to log in to your DirectAdmin account.

Full and detailed instructions on the 'WordPress Manager' itself is located here.

Firstly, you need to enable one of the two auto-installation managers. To do so, go to 'Addons' → 'DirectAdmin Extended' → 'Features'.
Press the 'Configure' button next to the product you are interested in. Then, find the 'Applications ' box.
Enable the 'Install Applications' checkbox, select the autoinstaller from a dropdown menu (you can choose 'Installatron' or 'Softaculous' ).
You can also choose a desired language of the application by entering value into the 'Language' field. A complete list of language codes can be found here.
If the field is left blank, the default value 'en' (English) will be used.
Finish the process by enabling 'Install Button' and 'Backup Button'. Do not forget to save the changes.

You will see an extensive menu of application categories.

Available actions on installed applications:

1. 'One Click Login' - works with 'WordPress' only, press the icon and you will be automatically moved to the admin panel created while installing 'WordPress' first instance
2. 'Create Staging' application - create staging instances from an application, e.g. for testing purposes before pushing them to the live installation ('Softaculous' only)
   • 'Push To Live' - push a staging application to the live environment. 'Push To Live' button (2.1) is available for 'Staging' applications only ('Softaculous' only)
3. 'Clone' application - clone existing website installations to modify or use them on different domains ('Softaculous' only)
4. 'Generate Backup'
5. 'Edit' application - a form with pre-filled values will appear, you may easily modify them now.
6. 'Delete' application
   

Note: Please keep in mind that creating staging applications, cloning, and generating backups might last up to a few minutes and the instances are not visible right away.
Please wait until they appear on the list.

In the beginning, go to 'Product/Services', find your product connected with DirectAdmin Extended and enter the 'Module Settings' tab.
Press 'Generate Custom Fields' to automatically create the required fields.

These are: 'Directory', 'Database Name', 'Database Username', 'Database Password', 'Table Prefix', 'Site Name', 'Site Description' and 'Language'.
Remember to set the field type as 'Text Box', tick 'Required Field ' and/or 'Show on Order Form' exactly as it is shown on the screen below.

Note 1: 'Site Description' is needed only for Softaculous autoinstaller.
Note 2: 'Database Name', 'Database Username', 'Database Password' and 'Table Prefix' fields do not need to be filled upon ordering product by a client.
If they are not filled, the database will be automatically generated.
Note 3: For the Installatron auto installer use 'Site Title' in place of 'Site Name'.

Enable 'Install Applications' in the Applications section. Select the auto installer and application to install from dropdown menus. Confirm by pressing the 'Save' button.

Voila! Now your customers can personalize each application without the necessity of installing it later on.

While placing an order, your customer can choose an application which will be installed upon account creation.
There is nothing else you need to do. The application will be ready to use instantly!
To set up this feature, return to the configuration of your product, find the 'Applications' section, activate 'Install Applications', choose 'Auto Installer' and activate 'Use Configurable Options'.

For example, if you would like to set up 'Drupal' in your applications list, you will need to enter the 'Drupal 7.59' or 'Drupal' value.
1. If you make a mistake with the application name, the auto installer will not work.
2. If you do not enter the version number, the auto installer will install the latest version of the application.
Now that you know what values should be entered in configurable options for particular applications, we can proceed further.

Here you can set up as many applications as you want. To do so, enter a value name, e.g. 'WordPress 4.9.8' and press 'Save Changes' .
Repeat this as many times as you need and do not forget to set 'Option Type' to 'Dropdown' .

Remember that if you do not provide the version number of the application, the latest version will be installed.

When you finish adding applications, press 'Save Changes' and 'Close Window'.

This option is used to enable the creation of auto update backups for the first chosen application after the initial order in WHMCS.
Please note that this option works only with Installatron plugin and Auto Update Backup Enabled By Default On Order setting in the module features has to be disabled to make this configurable option work properly.

Please note that you can have more configurable options groups at your disposal. Press 'Save' . You have just successfully assigned configurable options to the application autoinstall.

As you can see, a dropdown menu with the previously configured applications has shown up.

To manage your backups, simply press 'Backups'.

Note: Webmail type login has been defined by the admin and can be either 'Horde', 'Roundcube' or 'Squirellmail'.

The module allows you to charge your customers basing on the actual server resource usage.

1. Firstly, manually create an order for your customer in WHMCS. Choose a client and in the summary, view click on the ' Add New Order' button. Next, select a 'Product/Service' and press 'Submit Order' .
What is important, do not perform the 'Create' action. The status has to remain as 'Pending' .
More info about placing orders can be found here
2. Proceed to the newly created product's card in your admin area. Find the following empty fields:

• Domain
• Username
• Password

The above-mentioned information has to be consistent with the data from your DirectAdmin account. Now, complete these fields as presented below.
Important! Remember to make sure that the format of the provided data is compatible with the format supported by the module. You can preview it for another product of the module you have already created and enter it in a similar way.
Note: You need to enter a password to your DirectAdmin account. If for some reason, you do not remember your password, there has to be the possibility to reset your password and create a new one in your panel.
If you completed the required data, now change the status from 'Pending' to 'Active' and 'Save Changes' .

4. If you have Account Synchronization For WHMCS installed, you can use it to quickly and automatically import and synchronize your DirectAdmin account with WHMCS.
The detailed instruction can be found here.

Review the examples below to see how the module can be used in real-world situations.

When you configure a typical product for your customers in the WHMCS, you would usually need to enter one of your user packages, not the reseller packages.

Otherwise, the module will return the following error: 'You can manage SSL certificates when you own the IP you are using. Info for admins: Assign an owned IP'.

Set IP to your previously created IP address, save changes and make sure that this IP will be the current IP address of your customer.

For this purpose, simply type the IP in the 'Dedicated IP' field, press 'Enter' on your keyboard and update the product package by clicking on the 'Change Package' button.

Admin Backups:

• Log into Your DirectAdmin Panel and find Admin Backup/Transfer and create a new one.
• Select your user and define 'When', 'Where' - set to Local and 'What' to backup.
• Go back to WHMCS → Addons → DirectAdmin Extended → Features (of the backed up product) → Backups. Fill out the 'Backup Directory Paths' with the very same data as in the panel.

FTP Backups:

• Log into Your DirectAdmin Panel and find Admin Backup/Transfer and create a new one.
• Select your user ('Who') and define 'When', 'Where' - set to FTP and 'What' to backup.
• Go back to WHMCS → Addons → DirectAdmin Extended → Features (of the backed up product) → Backups. Fill out the ' 'FTP Backup Endpoints' with the very same data as in the panel.

No other additional steps are required to keep your addon's configuration and products' settings.

Opt for the Open Source version of your DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS module to unlock these benefits.
Simply click on either the Get Source Code or Upgrade To Lifetime button found on the product's page in our client area to complete the one-step upgrade process, with a dedicated discount already applied.

Follow a comprehensive guide covering the transition process, the advantages it brings, and step-by-step instructions on what to do next after the order has been successfully finalized.

You can also change the DirectAdmin port to other than 2222 by using the 'Override with Custom Port' option while configuring the server.

We will provide you with a different version of the module encrypted with the older version of ionCube.

reissue your license in our client area, if that does not help, please contact our support department.

DirectAdmin introduced changes to their API in version 1.671 that are currently incompatible with our module. We are actively working on an update to address this.
To continue using the module without issues, you must revert to DirectAdmin version 1.670.
We recommend postponing any updates to 1.671 until compatibility is restored.

The API returns an 'Access Denied' error for "Applications" and "SSO" functionalities when the Login Keys option is disabled in the DirectAdmin account.
To resolve this issue and ensure the proper functionality of the "Applications" and "SSO" options in the DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS module, make sure the "Login Keys" option is enabled in your DirectAdmin account.