DirectAdmin

Connect DirectAdmin to manage hosting accounts and let clients use their hosting tools from WISECP.

Opening the Screen

Open Products → Hosting & Servers → Server Settings → Add New Server. Under Server Automation Module → Web Hosting, select DirectAdmin.

{admin}/products/servers-add. Click an existing server’s name to edit it.

Before You Connect

Use a licensed DirectAdmin server and an administrator/reseller account that owns the target users. Create a dedicated key in DirectAdmin’s Login Keys page. Allow the WISECP server IP and the account, package and user-tool commands you need. User tools require login-as access; one-click sign-in also needs login-key creation. The Login Key name is not the Username. DirectAdmin API access.

Use an active server record and a Hosting product. This module has no provider-price catalogue import. Product prices and billing currency are set in WISECP.

Connection and Product Settings

Module Configuration

On the product’s Automation tab, these fields appear in Module Configuration after choosing the server.

Tasks

Connect and Check

1. Enter the fields under Connection Details, then click Test Connection in that section.
2. The test lists users visible to the connected account. It does not prove account creation or all user-tool permissions.
3. Complete Identity and Capacity and click Add New Server. Confirm the server appears in the list; editing uses Save Changes.

Map the Product

1. Open a Hosting product’s Automation tab. Select DirectAdmin in Module Assignment.
2. In Server Configuration, choose Single Server or Server Group. Group members need matching package names.
3. Choose the package and review Resource Limits; package selection can fill these values. This does not import products or prices.
4. For initial checks, keep the product hidden and Automatic Setup off, then click Save Changes. Reopen Automation to verify the selection.

The product’s Add-ons tab can map Shell Access; Requirements lists PHP Version, but account creation does not apply it. Choose PHP in DirectAdmin itself. A dedicated-IP add-on is not declared by this module. Selecting DirectAdmin does not automatically create saleable add-ons or requirement choices.

Import Existing Accounts

1. Open the saved server’s Import tab and click List Results to list accounts.
2. Select accounts and match each to a client, product, billing cycle, start and end dates. Existing domain matches prevent duplicate service links.
3. Click Import below the list. Check Linked Services; importing links existing accounts and does not create new panel accounts.

Manage Services and Client Tools

Open an existing service and select Management → Overview for its tools or Management → Settings for configuration. Service-specific Preferences can also hide tools. See Service Management for action windows and confirmations.

Service management supports account creation, suspension, unsuspension, termination, password changes and upgrades. Service configuration offers Change Package and Reseller Status. Account type changes require administrator privileges; a reseller with child accounts cannot be converted to a user. Client and administrator sign-in create one-time URLs valid for 30 minutes. phpMyAdmin and Webmail also open provider sessions.

In a saved server’s Preferences → Client Area Preferences, choose the client tools and click Save Changes. Product access restrictions also apply. Clients open their hosting service’s Management tab to use the enabled tools.

File Manager, Backups, FTP Accounts, Subdomains, Addon Domains, Domain Redirects, Email Accounts, Email Forwarders, DNS Zone Editor, Cron Jobs, PHP INI Editor, Databases, phpMyAdmin and Webmail. There is no SSL, PHP-version selector, remote-database or IP-blocking tool. Subdomain editing/custom document roots, addon-domain editing, forwarder editing, database-user renaming, FTP quota and global cron email are unavailable. Backups cannot be deleted here.

Disk/bandwidth gauges and account/resource information reflect provider data. Scheduled usage collection updates enabled metrics; it does not synchronize package prices. Validate an existing test service’s details without creating or deleting a provider account.

Things to Watch

Required Privileges

Server access requires MODULES_SERVERS_SETTINGS; product changes require PRODUCTS_OPERATION. Administrator panel sign-in requires MODULES_ROOT_LOGIN_BUTTON. Service actions need the corresponding service privileges.

Related Articles

• Adding a Server
• Product Automation
• Server Groups