DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS

About DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS

DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS introduces automation of DirectAdmin accounts management and provisioning in your WHMCS. The module will also let your clients manage their web hosting accounts directly in your client area as well as install various applications with the inbuilt installer.

• Admin Area Features:

✔ Create/Suspend/Unsuspend/Terminate Account

✔ Change Package And Password Of Account

✔ Log In To Each DirectAdmin Account On Click

✔ Enable Automatic Suspension Of Accounts Per Product - Upon Reaching Bandwidth Limit

✔ Configure Client Area Features And Template Per Product

✔ Define FTP Backups End-Points Per Product

✔ Define Backup Directory Paths Per Product

✔ Choose And Configure Application Auto Installer To Use Per Product - Softaculous Or Installatron

✔ View All DirectAdmin Extended Products In One Place

• Client Area Features:

✔ Remote Access And Management Of:

✔ Applications And Their Backups

✔ FTP Accounts

✔ Databases

✔ Subdomains

✔ Addon Domains

✔ Backups

✔ File Manager

✔ Statistics

✔ Emails

✔ Email Forwarders

✔ Autoresponders

✔ Vacation Messages

✔ Mailing Lists

✔ SPAM Filters

✔ Spamassasin Setup

✔ Cron Management

✔ Apache Handlers

✔ Error Pages

✔ SSL Certificates

✔ Parked Domains

✔ Site Redirections

✔ Perl Modules

✔ One Click Login To:

✔ DirectAdmin

✔ Webmail

✔ phpMyAdmin

✔ View Account Resource Usage

✔ Change Account Password

• Application Auto Installer Features:

✔ Ordering Process:

✔ Auto Install Chosen Application After Account Creation

✔ Auto Install Application Chosen By Client During Order - Owing To Configurable Options

✔ Allow Custom Settings Of Auto Installed Application - Owing To Custom Fields

✔ Client Area:

✔ Install New Applications With Softaculous And Installatron

✔ View And Manage Installed Applications

✔ Backup Installed Applications

✔ View And Manage Created Backups

✔ Restore Applications From Backups

✔ Delete Applications Along With Their Backups

• General Info:

✔ Utilizes Ajax Loaded Pages - Similar To Those From cPanel

✔ Integrated With Advanced Billing For WHMCS - Server Resource Usage Billing (read more)

✔ Multi-Language Support

✔ Supports WHMCS Template Five and Six

✔ Supports WHMCS V6 and V7

Installation and Configuration

This tutorial will focus on how to successfully install and manage DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS. We will guide you step by step through the whole installation process.

Installation

1. Log in to your client area and download DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS.

2. Upload and extract the module into the main WHMCS directory. Files in your WHMCS directory should look like these.

3. When you install DirectAdmin Extended for the first time you have to rename 'license_RENAME.php' file. File is located in 'modules/servers/directadminExtended/license_RENAME.php'. Rename it from 'license_RENAME.php' to 'license.php'.

4. In order to configure your license key you have to edit a previously renamed 'license.php' file. Enter your license key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen. You can find your license key in your client area → 'My Products'.

Addon Activation

5. Now, you have to activate the module in your WHMCS system. Log in to your WHMCS admin area. Click 'Setup' then choose 'Addon Modules'. Afterwards, find 'DirectAdmin Extended Cenetr' and press 'Activate' button.

6. In the next step you need to permit access to this module. To do so, click on 'Configure' button, select required administrator groups and press 'Save Changes'.

7. Well done! You have just successfully installed DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS! Now, in your WHMCS system press 'Addons' then press 'DirectAdmin Extended'. You will see a following screen. Let's proceed to configuration of your freshly installed module.

Server Configuration

8. Now we will show you how to configure a new server. To do so log in into your WHMCS and go to 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Servers'. Afterwards press 'Add New Server'.

9. Next, enter your server name, IP address, username and password. Choose 'DirectadminExtended' from a dropdown menu and press 'Save Changes'. Here you can also provide other server details like nameservers or the maximum number of accounts.

10. After you configure your server correctly, you will see a following screen. Now, you need to create a new group for your server. For that purpose press 'Create New Group'.

11. Enter name, click on your previously created server, press 'Add' then press 'Save Changes'.

Product Configuration

12. In order to create and configure product, click on 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Products/Services'. If you do not have a product group, click on 'Create a New Group'. If you do, simply move to step number 14.

13. Enter product group name and press 'Save Changes'.

14. When you have a product group, you can create your product and assign it to DirectAdmin Extended. If you already have a product, jump to step 16th. To create a product click on 'Create a New Product'.

15. Afterwards, choose your product type and product group from dropdown menus, enter your product name and press 'Continue'.

16. Now you need to move to 'Module Settings' section, choose both 'DirectadminExtended' and your previously created server group from dropdown menus. Enter your 'Package Name' and choose your 'Reseller IP' if required. DirectAdmin Extended won't work properly without specified package name. You can also activate the functionality 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.

Addon Configuration

17. Go to 'Addon Modules' → 'DirectAdmin Extended'. You will find there dashboard with 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 'Documentation' tab to be moved to this very site!

19. Proceed to 'Features' section and find the product you are interested in and press 'Configuration' button next to it.

18. You should find there boxes dedicated to 'Features', 'Applications', 'Other', 'FTP Backup End Points' and 'Backup Directory Paths'. If you have already another product configured, you may copy its configuration now. Find one more box 'Copy Configuration From' and choose product from dropdown menu. To show you an example, we will set the configuration from the beginning, we will not use other product's configuration. Select the features you would like to activate for your customers.

19. Choose whether to activate 'Install Applications' option. In case you wish to activate this option, you will have to select 'Auto Installer' from a dropdown menu. Afterwards activate 'Install Button' and 'Backup Button'. You can also choose 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 instruction to do that here.

20. Finally, select the 'Webmail' button redirection. Do not forget to 'Save' changes once product configuration is ready!

21. (Optional) You can define FTP backup path under 'FTP Backups End Points'. Simply, fill out the form with 'Backup Name', 'Host', 'Port', 'User', 'Password' and 'Path to Files'. Afterwards, save it through pressing 'Save' button.

22. (Optional) Now, under Backup Directory Path enter backup path which can be found in your DirectAdmin server → 'Admin Backup/Transfer' → 'Local' textbox.

23.That's all, you have just correctly created and customized a new product, now you can check the results. This is what your customers should see in their client area.

24. From now on, all your clients who ordered a previously created product will be able to manage their DirectAdmin accounts via your WHMCS system. Here a view of the ordered product summary in admin area. Available actions: Log In To Control Panel Use Module Commands: 'Create', 'Suspend', 'Unsuspend', 'Terminate' the product; 'Change Package' and 'Change Password'

Management

DirectAdmin Extended allows your customers to manage their DirectAdmin accounts via client area in your WHMCS system. In this short guide we will present you the possibilities of our addon module.

Your Account

In the below sections you will find basic tools used to manage your DirectAdmin account shown and described. Analyze them carefully to enjoy full and easy management.

Install Applications

Manage your applications straight from WHMCS client area. Install new applications, create backups if needed and delete unused apps. Read more about applications here.

FTP Accounts

Manage FTP Accounts in the easiest possible way. Type in your login, generate a new password and select directory. Manage the accounts to be able to access your website files through an FTP protocol.

Databases

Owing to MySQL Management you can create/delete new databases.

You can also add users to particular databases. Remember that you may always use secure password generator while creating a user. Use action buttons to delete useless users or change their password.

File Manager

Manage files and folders of your cPanel account. Upload files, create folder to categorize the files, compress, extract etc. View the list of files with specific data on them: name, file size, last modification date and given permissions.

Subdomains

Create subdomains for your website sections. Just choose domain from the list of available domains and type in subdomain name. Once created modify or remove the subdomain if needed.

Addon Domains

Add and manage your addon domains. Enter new domain name, specify bandwidth and disc space, select options you may need: 'Secure SSL' 'CGI Access' 'PHP Access' Note! Make sure Addon Domains feature has been enabled for your account before using it!

Backups

This tab allows you to backup your DirectAdmin user account. You can select what exactly you want to backup. Mark checkboxes next to the setting you would like to make the backup of. Afterwards, press 'Backup' button to order it.

Our module allows you to restore your backups, you can do it through pressing 'Restore' button next to backup. To delete backup simply press an adequate icon.

Site Summary

Proceed to 'Site Summary' section in order to check and analyze some statistics. Control usage level for each setting here.

Perl Modules

Move to the next section, which is 'Perl Modules'. There are listed all installed on your server Perl based modules.

E-Mail Management

E-mail management section includes all tools related to emails. Go through them to learn more.

Emails

Create/edit/delete email accounts that are associated with your domains.

Email Forwarders

In addition to managing email accounts, you are allowed to create and delete email forwarders either.

SPAM Filters

SPAM Filers give to you possibility to define SPAM settings such as: block email address block email domains block email with chosen word block email longer than specific value define action for blocked emails adult filter

Autoresponders

This page enables you to set up autoresponders to email boxes from this DirectAdmin accounts. Autoresponder replies to each email received by the email box.

Vacation Messages

Vacation Messages is similar to Autoresponders shown above. The only difference is that vacation message replies only to the first email received per email address.

Mailing Lists

On this page you can configure your mailing lists. Create a new mailing list by providing its name. Underneath, you can find a list of your mailing lists. Use action buttons to delete a list, view its details and alter settings.

Modify mailing list in 'Settings' section.

When you 'View' the list, you will be moved to section where subscribers can be added to the list.

Spamassasin Setup

On this page you can configure your Spamassasin. You can set up: Action performed on spam emails Threshold Define separete actions for spam emails of above defined threshold Define whether to change spam email subject or leave it intact Choose how spam should be delivered Specify blacklisted email addresses Specify whitelisted email addresses

Advanced Features

Advanced tools used to configure sophisticated settings of your account.

Domain Pointers

In 'Domain Pointers' section you may manage your aliases and pointers. Have access to the content of one domain from another one!

Site Redirections

Easy access to site redirections is very useful. Within a few seconds, you can redirect the page to point to another.

Cron Jobs

Cron Jobs Management allows you to easily add and remove your cron jobs. Choose its specific timing and type in the command to be executed.

SSL Certificates

This feature moves completely the management of your Private Keys, CSR Keys and SSL Certificates into your WHMCS client area. Here you can conveniently manage all the aspects of your SSL Certificates without the necessity to log in to your Direct Admin account.

Apache Handlers

Under 'Apache Handlers' page you can define custom handlers for chosen file extensions or specific files.

Custom Error Pages

Defining custom apache error pages is easy with 'Error Pages'. Here you can define HTML code of error pages displayed during 401, 403, 404 and 500 errors.

Install Applications

Install Applications is a very interesting and time saving feature of DirectAdmin Extended. In seconds you can install your favorite applications without even accessing DirectAdmin! Firstly, you need to enable one of the two auto-installation managers. To do so, go to 'Addons' → 'DirectAdmin Extended Center' → 'Features'. Press 'Configure' button next to a product your are interested in. There find 'Applications ' box. Enable 'Install App' checkbox, select autoinstaller from a dropdown menu (you can choose 'Installatron' or 'Softaculous' ). You can also choose desired language of the application by entering value into the 'Language' field. Complete list of language codes can be found here. If the field is left blank, the default value 'en' (English) will be used. Finish setting it up by enabling 'Install Button' and 'Backup Button'. Do not forget to save the changes.

To see available applications list, simply click on 'Install Applications!' then click on 'Install New' button as shown on the following screen.

Afterwards, you will see an extensive menu of application categories. For presentation purposes we will install 'webtrees' located in 'Miscellaneous' section.

Let's enter 'Miscellaneous' category and press the chosen application name.

Now you can enter necessary installation details and press 'Install Application' when ready.

If the installation process has been successful your newly installed application will appear on the list of installed ones.

Management of Autoinstalled Apps

To set up DirectAdmin Extended product with autoinstalled app, follow these steps: In the beginning go to 'Product/Services', find your product connected with DirectAdmin Extended and enter 'Custom Fields' tab. You will need to add 8 custom 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 'Show on Order Form'. Everything is shown on the screen below. Note 1: 'Site Description' is needed only for Softaculous autoinstaller. Note 2: 'Database Name', 'Database Username' and 'Database Password' fields do not need to be filled upon ordering product by client. If they are not filled, database will be automatically generated. Note 3: For Installatron autoinstaller use 'Site Title' in place of 'Site Name'.

Afterwards, go to 'Addons' → 'DirectAdmin Extended Center' → 'Features' → 'Configuration'. Enable 'Install App' in Applications section. Select auto installer and app to install from dropdown menus. Confirm through pressing 'Save' button.

Once you add all the custom fields they will appear while placing an order. Voila! Now your customers can personalize each application without the necessity of installing it later.

Assignment of Configurable Options To Application Autoinstall

With help of its functionality you can let your clients decide which application they would like to install on their new DirectAdmin account. While placing an order your customer chooses application and along with account creation this very application will be installed on the account. There is nothing else you need to do. Application will be instantly ready to use! To set up this feature go to 'DirectAdmin Extended Functions', press 'Install Apps', tick 'Install App', 'Assign To Configurable Options' and choose 'Auto Installer'. Save these settings through pressing 'Save Changes' and click on a floppy disk icon to download the list of apps.

These are the names of values that you can enter in configurable options fields which we will configure in the next step. For example, if you would like to set up '4images' in your applications list, you will need to enter value '4images 1.7.11'. 1. If you make a mistake with the application name, the autoinstall will not work. 2. If you do not enter the version number, the autoinstall will install the latest version of the application. Now, when you know what values should be entered in configurable options for particular applications, we can proceed further.

Go to your WHMCS → 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Configurable Options' and press 'Create a New Group'.

Enter 'Group Name' by your choice, select product you want to assign configurable options to, then press 'Save Changes'.

Now click on 'Add New Configurable Option'.

This moment is very important. As an 'Option Name', you have to type in 'Installation App'. In other case entire functionality will not work. Here you can set up as many applications as you want. To do so enter the name of value e.g. '4images' and press 'Save Changes'. Repeat this as many times as you need and do not forget to set the 'Option Type' to 'Dropdown'.

As you can see on the following screen we decided to offer our customers 5 applications. When you finish adding applications press 'Save Changes' and 'Close Window'.

Afterwards go to 'DirectAdmin Extended', enable 'Assign To Configurable Options' and choose 'Applications' from a dropdown menu. Please note that you can have more configurable options groups. Press 'Save Changes' and that's it. You have just successfully assigned configurable options to application autoinstall. Let's check out what your customers are going to see in their client area while placing the order.

As you can see a dropdown menu with our previously set up applications has shown up.

Backups Management For Apps

You can also create a backup of your application. It is very easy! To do so click 'Create Backup'.

After a few seconds you should see a 'Success' message as a confirmation of the operation performed. To manage your backups simply press 'Backups'.

Here you can quickly view, delete or restore your existing backups.

Log In To DirectAdmin

With a single click of a button 'Log In To DirectAdmin' you can log in to your DirectAdmin without the necessity to enter login details.

Log In To Webmail

You can easily log in to your webmail by clicking 'Log In To Webmail'. You will be redirected to that site on the run.

Log In To PhpMyAdmin

In order to enter phpMyAdmin, press 'PhpMyAdmin' button as shown on the following screen.

Management of Resource Usage

At product overview tab you can find your product current resource usage and limits assigned to the product.

Management of Existing Products

You can easily use DirectAdmin Extended module with your already configured DirectAdmin products. To do so change type of servers and module names of products from 'Directadmin' to 'DirectadminExtended' . Additional information about how to correctly configure your servers and products you can find at points 8-16 in 'Installation and Configuration' section.

Management of Billing

When you combine DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS with Advanced Billing For WHMCS, you will be able to set up additional billing options. Module allows you to charge your customers basing on the server resources used.

With Advanced Billing module, you can also display your customers the current server resource usage and their cost.

Tips

1. Keep in mind that user packages and reseller packages are two different things. 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.

2. To manage SSL certificates, your customers require an owned IP. In other case 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'.

To add owned IP, log in to your DirectAdmin admin area, go to 'IP Management' section, add the IP and assign it to the admin.

Afterwards manage the user for whom you want to add the IP. Set IP to your previously created IP, save changes and make sure that this IP will be current IP of your customer.

If you add more IP addresses with free status in your DirectAdmin, you can quickly assign those IP addresses to your customers in WHMCS. For this purpose, simply type the IP in the 'Dedicated IP' field, press 'Enter' on your keyboard and update the product package through clicking on 'Change Package' button.

Common Problems

1. When you have problems with connection, check whether your SELinux or firewall does not block ports.

2. If you have problems with connection make sure that port 2222 is open.

3. If after installation, you get an ionCube encoder problem (wrong version), please open a support ticket. We will provide you with different version of the module encrypted with the older version of ionCube.

4. You cannot change direct admin port to other than 2222, due to WHMCS DirectAdmin module limitation. DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS rely on default WHMCS DirectAdmin module.