Optimize your DirectAdmin backups with rSync

DirectAdmin offers some great backup which makes it possible to create a backup file for each user or hosting account. The control panel has backup functions for the different access levels: Admin level: Create system or whole server backups Admin level: Create backups for all users and resellers Reseller level: Create backups for all users [...]

Start a hosting business with DirectAdmin

There are thousands of hosting companies on the Internet and maybe this article will help you to start your own. Many companies offering web services are hosting reseller of other (bigger) companies or have partnerships with hosting companies. Maybe you have ever thought to offer hosting services by yourself, with a dedicated server or a [...]

Curl: Location redirect while open_basedir is set

If you need to follow redirects within your php code using Curl and the open_basedir is set you came into some trouble. If you disable this directive all your directories with a 777 permission are not safe (if one or more website on the same server has some security issues). If you don’t have additional [...]

How-to setup the DNS for a DirectAdmin web server

You have enough of shared hosting and/or the costs for bandwidth are too high? OK, the next step is your own dedicated server, but with a limited budget it’s hard to find a good and cheap managed server. For all beginning server administrator is this guide about how-to setup the DNS for a server with [...]