Follow a checklist, understand the limits, and keep control of your website. Menu names can vary slightly between DirectAdmin skins.
Your first day with Lizard Hill
From your welcome email to a working website, mailbox, and secure account.
Move your website without losing your email
A self-service migration checklist with DNS, mail, testing, and rollback steps.
Install WordPress and enable supported automatic updates
Use Installatron for installation, updates, and a safer maintenance routine.
Create, download, and test your own backups
Know the difference between your account backups and provider disaster recovery.
Add websites, domain aliases, and HTTPS
Understand website allowances, DNS records, shared resources, and SSL renewal.
Use scoped login keys and catch-all email carefully
Safer automation credentials and sensible mail-delivery defaults.
Create and deploy a Git repository in DirectAdmin
Use account-scoped repositories without putting secrets or untested code online.
Enable Redis and connect an application safely
Optional object caching with account-specific connection settings.
Check your launch settings
Existing customers can run read-only DNS, mail-routing, and HTTPS checks for their own assigned hosting service.
Sign in for launch checksLooking for email or AI-interface instructions?
Our existing knowledgebase has mail-client settings and Natural Language Interface setup and safety guides.
Browse the knowledgebase