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    Error during automated certificate renewal - CAA record prevents issuing the certificate

    A couple of days ago I first got this message. Now trying to debug but I can't find the problem. The certificates should be requested through the system hostname `vps.xx.nl` As you can see it is setup like that: However I do have the CCA configured, I also did it on both the hostname (that...
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    LFD ignore 'spamd child'

    I could also ask this on the csf/lfd forum but I can only assume that a lot of you guys also run csf/lfd. I am getting a lof of emails stating "lfd on vps.xx-xx.nl: Suspicious process running under user admin" and then: And yeah I don't really want these emails so I have added the following...
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    Backup restore, a horrible experience

    Edit: I was a bit frustrated when posting this as a lot of things wouldn't work. Please do take this as positive feedback and forgive me if this sounds a bit like a rant. I DO really like DA overall :) I have just moved to a different VPS, so I used the admin backup/transfer feature to restore...
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    Transfer to new server, first backup then rsync home? Or the other way?

    The last time I have moved my VPS is about 10 years ago so I don't really remember how I did it exactly but I am planning it now. I think I did something like this: - turn off ftp/mail/mysql - create backup (without home/files as I don't have the space available) - copy backup to new VPS - apply...
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    CAA record prevents issuing the certificate: "letsencrypt.org"

    I am getting this error in my ticket system: Error during automated certificate renewal for mattie-systems.nl 2020-7-27 00:10 CAA record prevents issuing the certificate: "letsencrypt.org" However I DO have a CAA set. This is dig output from an other host not related to my VPS [x@x ~]$ dig...
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    Apache no longer works after Debian upgrade

    Hi, I have just upgraded my server from Debian 8 to Debian 9. Just the standard upgrade && dist-upgrade and after that a rebuild and rewrite_conf for everything. However when I try to access one of my sites I get the ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE error. The error log from apache only contains: [Tue Nov...
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    SSL (let's encrypt) config has been reset

    Hi guys, For lot's of domains I'm using let's encrypt configured through DA. It has been setup by going to the SSL page and then select the option "Free & automatic certificate from Let's Encrypt". However I noticed at one domain that the EMAIL certificate was expired (web certificate not yet)...
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    Upgrade 8.x to 9.0

    Hi Guys, Did anyone already upgrade from 8.x to the new stable 9.0? I'd like some upgraded packages and I can either compile them from source or upgrade my entire system. I know the LTS still will be valid for a couple of years but hey if there are no known problems why shouldn't I upgrade...
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    LFD: suspicious process running onder user admin

    Hi guys, my LFD (yeah I know it is not from DA, but hey you guys know everything :-) ) is reporting this the last week. I rebooted my server to stop the emails as there was no "Perl" process running for the admin user. However it comes back after a couple of days. Any ideas here what this might...
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    Adding a vhost for something.server.com

    So, I want to use observium and therefore have it on "observium.server.com". I don't want to create this as a subdomain (as I want a specific document root) so I simply want to add an extra vhost. But: Where do I add this to that it works but is not overwritten by DA? I've found the...
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    Problem with DNSSEC

    Hi, I've tried to enable DNSSEC using https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=651 and https://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=1525 I've done "generate keys" (and they are displayed in DA), however according to the tutorial I now need to do "sign" but I get the following message...
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    IPv6 rDNS (PTR) for entire /64 range

    Hi, I have an IPv6 /64 block, and the rDNS is delegated to my own nameservers. I'd like to default ALL ip addresses to "unused.xxx.xxx" and just for the ones I use I'll create a separate entry. But: How can I do that using bind? I already tried: *.123.123.123.ip6.arpa 123.123.123.ip6.arpa...
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    Exim slow on my ipv6 connection

    Hi, I have a strange issue: whenever I send email from my home it is really slow. Please see the following: root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# date && telnet xxxx:xxxx::xx 587 Fri 18 Nov 15:36:45 CET 2016 Trying xxxx:xxxx::xx... Connected to xxxx:xxxx::xx. Escape character is '^]'. 220 vps.host.nl...
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    Exim has no access to letsencrypt SSL cert

    So, my letsencrypt cert got renewed any now I cannot send email. Why you might ask? The exim.cert seems to be a symlink to the actual certificate The cert: So yes, ONLY the diradmin user may read this file, the "mail" user is already in the "diradmin" group but group reads are disabled...
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    Spamassassin letting lots of (obvious) spam through

    Hi all, I have spamassassin (and DA in general) running for 5+ year and I've never had big issues with spamassassin. However a month of 2 ago I started to see lots of spam getting in my inbox. I tried several things, from updating spamassassin to creating the "teach-isspam" folder and a cron...
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    Trouble with Letsencrypt

    So: I really like the new letsencrypt feature but I'm having trouble setting it up correctly. I have a server with hostname "vps.hostname.nl" I have a domain "(www.)hostname.nl" I have dns entries like "mail.hostname.nl", "smtp.hostname.nl" I've generated a SSL cert through DA for...
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    Multiple SSL certificate one IP

    Hi, Recentley I started thinking how I could secure my server even better. I currentley have set-up SSL (with a self-signed certificate) but obviousley any browser/email client will give a warning about this. So: I want to get a few cheap certificates for my domains. For example I have these...
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    Problem sending email to Gmail

    Hi, Today i noticed a problem sending email to Gmail, due to some IPv6 config error: On that link there is something about a PTR record, I tried using the values specified so i'm a little lost here. Does anyone know how to fix it, OR how to force ipv4 when sending email (just as a quick...
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    Spamassasin wont move email to spam folder

    Hi, I'm using the build-in spamassasin within DA. I've set this to "Send the spam to the appropriate users's spam folder." howver the spam emails are still in my inbox. Even when i choose "Redirect it to the catch-all spam folder in your main imap account." it still comes to my inbox. I didn't...
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    How to properly update BIND

    Hi, BIND released an update to fix a serious exploit: https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00871 I'm currently using BIND version 9.7.3 so: how can I update without interfering with DirectAdmin. I tried using apt-get upgrade however the version still is 9.7.3 I could download BIND and compile it...
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