How to login to DirectAdmin

Modified on Sat, 16 Oct, 2021 at 10:48 AM

Login to DirectAdmin using the client area

  1. Login to the client area.
  2. Navigate to Servicesand click on the service.

    When you click on the domain it opens your website instead of the service page. Click on the status of the service to navigate to the service management page.


  3. Scroll to the bottom and click on DirectAdmin.
  4. When you are at user level (default for regular webhosting) and have multiple accounts, click on the domain you want to manage.

Login to DirectAdmin without the client area

  1. Navigate to http://yourdomain.com:2222 (replace yourdomain.com with your domain).
  2. Login with the information you have received from us.
  3. When you are at user level (default for regular webhosting) and have multiple accounts, click on the domain you want to manage.

Navigate to the correct user level

  1. Check Table 1 to see which user levels you have access to.
  2. On the right of the screen you will find the available user levels. Click on the desired user level.

Depending on the service you have ordered, you can have multiple levels of access to the server. When you are not a reseller or admin, you automatically have user level access. You can find an overview with all levels in table 1 for each account type.

Account typeDescriptionDefault forAdmin level accessReseller level accessUser level access
AdminYou have full access to control the DirectAdmin server. Only available with (un) managed VPS.
(un)managed VPS
Reseller You can manage accounts that are created by your reseller.
Resellers
UserYou can control the websites in your account.Webhosting

Table 1 - Overview with all account types and level access.

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