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Version 1.710 ​

Released: 2026-09-07

History of certificate issue attempts using ACME new ​

A new sub-page "Provisioning history" is added. It can be found on the user-level menu Account Manager -> SSL/TLS Certificates.

It will show the recent automatic certificate issue attempts. Previewing a single certificate issue attempt will include the lego tool output. This will make it easier for server administrators to debug the ACME problems and will provide more transparency for the new TLS system.

Certificate provisioning history

Maintenance task to create subdomains for www aliases new ​

This task searches for subdomains that might have used the www alias. The alias is considered to be used if there is a TLS certificate for it.

The fix action of this task will create additional subdomains with the www prefix and configure them to work like the old domain aliases.

It helps users who actively used the automatic subdomain www alias to keep backwards compatibility.

If possible we recommend to stop using subdomain aliases and use only one domain name to reach the subdomain website. Either the name with or without the www prefix. If only one name is used this migration is not needed.

Maintenance task for subdomain www aliases

cPanel tasks table visual and usability update evolution update ​

The cPanel main page, which lists all running and completed tasks, now has an updated table layout.

The Ignore Errors and Replace Users columns were moved into a detailed task information dialog. The dialog also includes other useful task settings, such as Preserve owner and Home override, as well as an error message when a task fails.

To open the dialog, click the Details button in the task's actions column.

‼️ All web server templates use DOCROOT token update ​

The web server configuration templates are updated. Key changes:

  • The DOCROOT token will be used for both domains and subdomains. Previous releases used the SDOCROOT token for subdomain document root.
  • Templates will no longer set or change the document root tokens inside the template. The main DOCROOT token will be set by the main DirectAdmin service before the template is evaluated.
  • The tokens REALDOCROOT and PUB_DOCROOT are completely removed. They were defined inside the templates but not used.
  • The token SDOCROOT will still be available. The value of this token will be the same as the main DOCROOT token.

Special care should be taken if the token DOCROOT is being changed in the CUSTOM[N] sections. It is still possible to change the document root by changing this token value. However, since subdomains are now using the token DOCROOT instead of SDOCROOT, a customised main document root can leak into the subdomain configuration.

This change affects the following templates:

  • nginx_server.conf
  • nginx_server_secure.conf
  • nginx_server_secure_sub.conf
  • nginx_server_sub.conf
  • openlitespeed_ips.conf
  • openlitespeed_redirect_vhost.conf
  • openlitespeed_vhost.conf
  • virtual_host2.conf
  • virtual_host2_secure.conf
  • virtual_host2_secure_sub.conf
  • virtual_host2_sub.conf

Software version changes custombuildupdate ​

  • csf updated from 15.11 to 15.12
  • lego updated from 5.4.0 to 5.4.1
  • nginx web server updated from 1.31.4 to 1.31.5
  • roundcubemail updated from 1.7.3 to 1.7.4
  • snuffleupagus (PHP extension) updated from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0

DirectAdmin config-set CLI command update ​

A set of quality of life improvements for DirectAdmin config-set CLI command:

  • Added support for a single key=value argument
  • Changed to reload/restart directadmin.service by default
  • Added --no-reload flag to disable automatic reload/restart
  • Deprecated --restart flag as it is now reloaded by default

Example:

bash
# before v1.710
da config-set letsencrypt 1             # manual reload required
da config-set letsencrypt 1 --restart
da config-set letsencrypt=1             # not supported
# since v1.710
da config-set letsencrypt 1
da config-set letsencrypt 1 --restart   # same as without --restart
da config-set letsencrypt=1             # alternative key=value usage
da config-set letsencrypt=1 --no-reload # manual reload required

Sync the main server TLS certificate with other services on manual upload fix ​

In earlier releases, the manually uploaded main server TLS certificate would be placed in the /usr/local/directadmin/conf directory but would not be copied over to external services like Apache, Exim, etc. While certificates issued with the ACME system would be automatically shared with external services.

This bug is fixed, and the main server certificate is shared with the external services no matter which way it was acquired.

Removed subdomain aliases with the www prefix removal ​

The web server configuration templates are updated to stop creating automatic www aliases for subdomains.

For example, the subdomain sub on domain example.com will only be reachable by the address sub.example.com and will no longer be reachable with www.sub.example.com.

To make a single subdomain reachable from multiple addresses, multiple subdomains should be created. They can share the same document root directory.

To help users who used the www alias for the subdomains, a new maintenance task is added. It can create and configure additional subdomains with the www prefix.

Removed sshdconfig configuration option from directadmin.conf removal ​

This was used for managing ssh access by adding or removing AllowUsers sshd directive. This option was deprecated in 1.61.0

DirectAdmin will no longer try to manage AllowUser directives in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.