How to fix Encryption error on login to CWP
If you get Encryption error on login using root then try following. Login as root in shell/ssh1. try setting new password for root user. passwd if this does not help…
How to Install Elasticsearch on CentOS 7/6
Elasticsearch is flexible and powerful open-source, distributed real-time search and analytics engine. Using a simple set of APIs provides the ability for full-text search. Elastic search is freely available under…
Updating Apache to the latest version
You can check the current version of apache by running /usr/sbin/httpd -v CustomBuild – current If you’re using custombuild (as most new boxes are), run the following cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild ./build…
Installing an SSL certificate for your hostname using LetsEncrypt
As of DA 1.50.0, DirectAdmin have added a new feature that allows you to make use of LetsEncrypt, a tool offering free basic SSL certificates.There is a script written in…
How to configure a passive FTP port range in Windows?
Connect to the server using RDP. Specify passive FTP port range in IIS Manager: 2.1. Open Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager: 2.2. In IIS Manager, go to server_hostname > FTP…
Error when changing Hostname – Your previous attempt to change the hostname is still running. Please wait until it completes
Sometimes inside WHM when clicking the “change hostname” link or by running /usr/local/cpanel/bin/set_hostname yourhostname.first2host.co.uk you may get presented with the following error message: "Your previous attempt to change the hostname…
Install IIS Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, and Microsoft Windows Server 2019:
For installing IIS, you need to login to server using RDP, using administrator access. Press the key and select Server Manager. In the Server Manager Dashboard, click Manage > Add…
Setting up DA with an SSL certificate
You can switch DirectAdmin to use SSL instead of plain text. -> https instead of http on port 2222. Creating a Self-Signed Certificate If you do not have your own…
Increase your Linux server Internet speed with TCP BBR congestion control
Increase your Linux server Internet speed with TCP BBR congestion control I recently read that TCP BBR has significantly increased throughput and reduced latency for connections on Google’s internal backbone…