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Web Control Panels

There are so many control panels available for website management/web hosting over the Internet. They are

Cpanel (paid) http://www.cpanel.net/
DirectAdmin (paid) http://www.directadmin.com
Plesk (paid) http://www.parallels.com/plesk/
Interworx (paid) http://www.interworx.com/
Webmin (free) http://www.webmin.com
ISPConfig (free) http://www.ispconfig.org/
LxAdmin (free) http://lxlabs.com/
Web-cp (free) http://www.web-cp.net/

You should choose the control panel based on your requirements. I would choose based on
1. Does not require much resources such as CPU, Memory.
2. Requires minimum configuration.
3. Obviously free or less cost per month

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Enable Wildcard DNS in DirectAdmin

I just enabled Wildcard DNS in DirectAdmin. It is much easier than I thought. To enable it, you must be in Admin level.

Here is how to enable:

Amend to domain’s http config:

Go to Extra Features > Custom HTTPD Configurations

Click the domain that you wish to enable.

Enter ServerAlias *.|DOMAIN| in Httpd.conf Customization for domain.com

Click Save

Adding to DNS:

Admin Tools > DNS Administration > Choose domain

Add A record:

Enter *

Enter the IP of domain

Add CName:

Enter *.domain.com

Enter the domain followed by dot

You may need to restart Apache and wait for DNS propagated which may take up to 24-48 hours (usually, it should not take long).

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