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When I run this: tail -n 100 /var/log/directadmin/errortaskq.log I keep seeing these hundreds of these errors: 2023:12:23-00:10:14: Unable to find the webalizer binary: /usr/bin/webalizer. Download a new binary: http://files.directadmin.com/services/ 2023:12:23-00:10:14: Unable to find the...

I've been thinking about this entire situation, and I'm super bummed out about how things are appearing to play out... From a business perspective, I can be sympathetic to DA about their ongoing support for legacy holders. However, from a customer service perspective, this is not the way to go...

At the user level, DA has an option under MySQL to optimize the database. How to perform this functionality at the command line for large databases? mysqlcheck command? Thanks.

How can I create a custom rule in CSF that will automatically ban an IP address that violates a Mod Security rule? I've tried multiple things, and read through the DA documentation, but cannot find a solution. For example, I want to create a CSF rule that automatically blocks any IP that tries...

Everything was working fine, until I updated DA on a server: da update Now getting this error every time I login to DA as admin: Privileges needed to load the skin have not been granted for this account or unexpected issue has happened. Please contact your administrator. Tried rebuilding DA...

When installing DA on a server, how to remove server access through the "server-ip.da.direct" links that are creating during the installation process? During and after DA installation, I would prefer server access can only occur directly through the server IP or domain name, the way DA used to...

Following the instructions here, I created a custom options.conf file before running the DA setup script. CSF Override CSF is set to "no" in options, but the Setup script changes this to "yes" and installs CSF. How to fix this? Secure PHP Override Secure PHP is set to "no" and the Setup script...

Trying to install DA on a new server... 1) How to get your DA license key? Looking in my Client Area, I changed my IP address for the license, but I cannot figure out how to generate a license key. For a new license, the Client Area says: /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/getLicense.sh service...

I'm planning on leaving CentOS 7 and make the move to AlmaLinux. And while I expect version 8 to be safe and sound, I'm considering making the jump straight to version 9 to have a longer server cycle ahead. How is DirectAdmin/CustomBuild with version 9 of RHEL systems? Any performance...

Troubleshooting: Logging into MySQL does not work: # mysql -uda_admin -p Enter password: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'da_admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) Using the instructions here: # systemctl stop mysqld # systemctl set-environment MYSQLD_OPTS="--skip-grant-tables" #...

Need some help with CORS on an Apache DA system, Website keeps giving this error: (Reason: CORS header ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing). Status code: 400. How to fix this? I've searched the forums and online, tried different things in .htaccess but still getting this error. If it...

I'm transferring a backup file between DA servers. Using the wget command to transfer the backup file. When I use the md5sum command to check the transferred file, the hash does not match between the two servers. Is there a another way?

The current DA update seems to be in an endless loop. I did the usual update to DA to the most recent version. I was alerted with a notification in the Licensing/Update section, and saw there was a new menu variable for DA version preference. Since is a production server with clients, I chose...

Installed Nginx with ModSecurity and Comodo rules. I was under the assumption DA has customized the configuration because I see this error message when I go to the Security Engine tab? Custom Mod Security configuration found! Press "Update config" button to update it with values from this...

After using Apache for 20 years, this is my first time using Nginx. The last few days have been researching threads on the DA forums, reading through DA documentation, and piecing together things using Google searches. After moving one server over to Nginx, I notice a considerable performance...

My DA server is currently running Apache 2.4.48 and I want to downgrade it to 2.4.47 Searching on the forums here, I did the following: # cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/ # echo "apache2.4:2.4.47:" > custom_versions.txt; And changed in DA Options: harden_symlinks_patch=no And then to...

When DA was installed a few years ago, I also installed CSF using the following: cd /usr/src rm -fv csf.tgz wget https://download.configserver.com/csf.tgz tar -xzf csf.tgz cd csf sh install.sh But then I read this post, which says I should have used this command for the install line: sh...

I understand how to whitelist IP addresses within CSF, but how can I whitelist external domains/hostnames? For example, I want to whitelist a wildcard subdomain for a specific hostname: *.domain.com Is this possible? Running the latest version of DA with CSF.

I have a DA server that's been running fine, along with the regular updates along the way... and then suddenly, Apache is stopped and won't start. How to solve this? AH00526: Syntax error on line 31 of /usr/local/directadmin/data/users/dcdev/httpd.conf: Invalid command '|UNIT_PROXY|', perhaps...

In order to minimize brute force attempts and server resources, I want to disable unnecessary services from running. DNS is being handled by Cloudflare, transaction emails by AWS, and email accounts by Google. I want to permanently disable Exim, Dovecot, and DNS on the DirectAdmin server. Are...