how to share your local drive in rdp
Open Remote Desktop Connection by going to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Remote Desktop ConnectionsIn the Remote Desktop Connection window, click on Show Options.Click on the Local Resources…
Adding custom httpd.conf code to the VirtualHosts of a domain
DirectAdmin Allows Admin to insert extra httpd.conf code that a User may require. To access the control page for this functionality, go to Admin Panel -> Admin Settings -> Customize…
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 [Windows] key and select Server Manager. In the Server Manager Dashboard, click Manage > Add Roles…