DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS
About DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS
ModulesGarden DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS addon module allows your customers to manage DirectAdmin accounts without even leaving your website! The most commonly used DirectAdmin functionality has been relocated directly to the WHMCS client area. |
- Client Area Functionality:
✔ Apps Installation With Softaculous and Installatron |
✔ FTP |
✔ Emails |
✔ Email Forwarders |
✔ Databases |
✔ Cron Management |
✔ Subdomains |
✔ Addon Domains |
✔ Parked Domains |
✔ Site Redirections |
✔ Backups |
✔ SSL Certificates |
✔ Display Of Account Usage |
✔ Log In To DirectAdmin |
✔ Log In To Webmail |
✔ Log In To phpMyAdmin |
✔ Change Password Functionality |
✔ Password Generator Functionality |
- Additional Functionality:
✔ Functions Manager Addon - Enable/Disable Functionality Per Each Product |
✔ Functionality For Automatic Suspension Of Accounts Upon Reaching The Bandwidth Limit |
✔ Multi-Language Support |
✔ Integrated With Advanced Billing For WHMCS - Server Resource Usage Billing (read more) |
✔ Supports WHMCS Version V4.5 and Later |
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. |
1. Log in to your client area and download DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS. |
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2. Upload and extract the module into the main WHMCS directory. Files in your WHMCS directory should look like this. |
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3. When you install DirectAdmin Extended for the first time you have to rename 'license_RENAME.php' file. File is located at 'modules/servers/directadminExtended/license_RENAME.php' . Rename it from 'license_RENAME.php' to 'license.php' . |
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4. In order to configure your license key you have to edit a previously renamed 'license.php' file. Enter your licence key between quotation marks as presented on the following screen. You can find your license key at your client area → 'My Products' . |
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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' . |
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6. In next step you need to permit access to this module. To do so click on 'Configure' button, tick 'Full Administrator' and press 'Save Changes' . |
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7. Well done! You have just successfully installed DirectAdmin Extended For WHMCS! Now in your WHMCS system press 'Addons' then press 'DirectAdmin Extended Functions' . You will see a following screen. |
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8. Now we will show you how to configure a new product. To do so log in into your WHMCS. Now press 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Servers' (or 'Setup' → 'Servers' in WHMCS v4.x). |
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9. Next, enter your server name, IP address, username and password. Choose 'DirectadminExtended' from a dropdown menu and press 'Save Changes' . Keep in mind that values of client area buttons 'Log In Io Webmail' and 'Log In To DirectAdmin' are taken from a 'Hostname' field. If field is empty, they are taken from an 'IP Address' field. |
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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' . |
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11. Enter name, click on your previously created server, press 'Add' then press 'Save Changes' . |
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12. In order to create and configure product click on 'Setup' → 'Products/Services' → 'Products/Services' . If you don't have a product group, click on 'Create a New Group' . If you do, simply go to step 14. |
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13. Enter product group name and press 'Save Changes' . |
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14. When you have a product group, you can create your product and assign it with DirectAdmin Extended. If you already have a product, go to step 16. To create a product click on 'Create a New Product' . |
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15. Afterwards choose your product type and product group from a dropdown menus, enter your product name and press 'Continue' . |
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16. Now go to 'Module Settings' section, choose both 'DirectadminExtended' and your previously created server group from a dropdown menus. Enter your Package Name and choose your Reseller IP if required. DirectAdmin Extended won't work properly without specified package name. |
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17. Go to 'Addon Modules' → 'DirectAdmin Extended Functions' and click on 'Features' button. |
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18. In the newly opened window, tick the features you would like to activate for your customers and choose the webmail from a dropdown menu. Afterwards, enter backup patch (you can find it in your DirectAdmin server → 'Admin Backup/Transfer' → 'Local' textbox) and press on 'Save Changes' button. |
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19. (Optional) It is time to set up FTP backup patch if you want to store backups on the external server. Firstly press 'FTP Backups End-Points' , then 'Add' button. |
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20. Enter 'Backup Name' , 'Host' , 'Port' , 'User' , 'Password' and 'Path to Files' . Afterwards, save it through pressing 'Save' button. |
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That's all, you have just correctly created and customized new product, now you can check the results. This is what your customers should see in their client area. |
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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. |
Management of FTP Accounts
You can manage your FTP accounts through creating, modifying and deleting. |
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Management of Emails
You can manage all aspects related to email accounts. |
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Management of Email Forwarders
In addition to managing email accounts, you can create and delete email forwarders. |
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Management of Databases
Owing to MySQL Management you can create/delete new databases and users. You can also add users to particular databases and set up privileges. |
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Management of Cron
Cron Jobs Management allows you to easily add and remove your cron jobs. |
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Management of Subdomains
You can create and manage your subdomains. |
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Management of Addon Domains
You can add and manage your addon domains. |
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Management of Parked Domains
You can also manage your parked domains. |
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Management of Site Redirections
Easy access to site redirections is very useful. Within a few seconds, you can redirect the page to point to another. |
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Management of SSL Certificates
This feature moves completely the managament 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 necessity to log in to your Direct Admin account. |
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Management of Backups
This tab allows you to backup your DirectAdmin user account. You can select what exactly you want to backup through marking checkboxes next to setting you would like to make the backup off. |
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Our module allows you to restore your backups, you can do it through pressing ' Restore' (1) button next to backup. You can also recreate account with setting saved in backup. To do so, press 'Recreate' (2) button. |
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In order to view and use backup made by administrator, select its location from an 'Admin / reseller backups location' dropdown menu and press 'List files' button. |
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Install Applications
Install apps is very interesting and time saving feature of DirectAdmin Extended. In seconds you can install your favourite applications without even accessing DirectAdmin! Firstly, you need to enable one of two awesome auto-installation managerr. To do so, go to 'Addons' → 'DirectAdmin Extended Functions' . |
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To see available applications list, simply click on 'Install Applications!' then click on 'Install New' button as shown on the following screen. |
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Afterwards you will see an extensive menu of application categories. For presentation purposes we will install 'Wordpress' located at 'Content Management' . |
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Lets enter 'Content Management' category and press the button 'Install Now!' next to 'Wordpress' . |
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Now you can enter necessary installation details and press 'Install Application' when ready. |
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If the installation process was successful you will see a message as shown on the screen below. |
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From now on you can check the status of your application by clicking 'Install Applications!' on the left side menu. |
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Management of Autoinstalled Apps
To set up DirectAdmin Extended product with autoinstalled app, follow these steps: At the beginning go to 'Product/Services' , find your product connected with cPanel Extended and enter 'Custom Fields' tab. |
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Afterwards, go to 'Addons' → 'DirectAdmin Extended Functions' → 'Install Apps' . Mark 'Install App' , select auto installer and app to install from dropdown menus. Confirm through pressing 'Save Changes' button. |
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Backups Management For Apps
You can also create a backup of your installation. It is very easy! To do so click 'Create Backup' . |
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After a few seconds you should see a 'Success' message as a confirmation of the operation performed. To manage your backups simply press 'Backups' . |
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Here you can quickly view, delete or restore your existing backups. |
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Log In To DirectAdmin
With a single click of a button 'Log In To DirectAdmin' you can log in to your DirectAdmin without necessity of entering login details. |
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Log In To Webmail
You can easily log in to your webmail by clicking 'Log In To Webmail' . |
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Log In To PhpMyAdmin
In order to enter phpMyAdmin, press 'PhpMyAdmin' button as shown on the following screen. |
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Management of Resource Usage
At product overview tab you can find your product current resource usage and limits assigned to the product. |
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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' . |
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 based on the server resources used by them. |
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With Advanced Billing module, you can also display your customers the current server resource usage and their cost. |
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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.' |
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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. |
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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. |
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If you will add more IPs with free status in your DirectAdmin, you can quickly assign those IPs 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. |
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Common Problems
1. If after install, you will 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. |
2. If you have problems with connection make sure that both ports 2082 and 2083 are open. |
3. When you have problems with connection, check whether your SELinux or firewall is not blocking ports. |