--- title: "DirectAdmin" date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00 draft: false slug: directadmin dnsprovider: since: "v4.18.0" code: "directadmin" url: "https://www.directadmin.com" --- Configuration for [DirectAdmin](https://www.directadmin.com). - Code: `directadmin` - Since: v4.18.0 Here is an example bash command using the DirectAdmin provider: ```bash DIRECTADMIN_API_URL="http://example.com:2222" \ DIRECTADMIN_USERNAME=xxxx \ DIRECTADMIN_PASSWORD=yyy \ lego --email you@example.com --dns directadmin --domains my.example.org run ``` ## Credentials | Environment Variable Name | Description | |-----------------------|-------------| | `DIRECTADMIN_API_URL` | URL of the API | | `DIRECTADMIN_PASSWORD` | API password | | `DIRECTADMIN_USERNAME` | API username | The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}). ## Additional Configuration | Environment Variable Name | Description | |--------------------------------|-------------| | `DIRECTADMIN_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout | | `DIRECTADMIN_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check | | `DIRECTADMIN_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation | | `DIRECTADMIN_TTL` | The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge | | `DIRECTADMIN_ZONE_NAME` | Zone name used to add the TXT record | The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}). ## More information - [API documentation](https://www.directadmin.com/api.php)