You can install WebMail Pro on a server powered by DirectAdmin control panel, as an additional option for accessing e-mail accounts.

The installation is fully automated. To begin, download the installer package from here and extract it as follows:

wget https://afterlogic.com/download/webmail-directadmin.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ./webmail-directadmin.tar.gz

To perform the installation, root access is required. Open the installer directory, make sure that install script has sufficient execute permissions and run it:

cd ./webmail-directadmin
chmod a+x ./installer
./installer -t pro -a install

The installer downloads WebMail Pro package and performs the basic product configuration. The default installation path is /var/www/html/afterlogic.

If you're getting errors like:

./DirectAdmin/functions: line 150: php: command not found

or:

WARNING! Database tables were not created. Try creating them from AdminPanel.

that means command-line version of PHP isn't configured correctly. Make sure PHP CLI with cURL and MySQL extensions is available. On Debian 11, for example, the following command resolves the issue:

apt install php php-cli php-xml php-mysqlnd php-curl php-mbstring sudo

You would need to remove the installation with:

./installer -a remove

and run the installer again.

In case if an existing WebMail Pro installation is found in this directory, the installer warns you about that:

AfterLogic WebMail already installed into /var/www/html/afterlogic! Replace the current version?[y/n]

If you choose to overwrite the existing installation, only files are replaced while all the database content is kept intact, the database structure and configuration files will be updated if necessary. Thus, you won't lose any existing data created by previous installations of WebMail Pro.

By default, /afterlogic alias is added so that any customer hosting a domain on your server will be able to access WebMail Pro at userdomain.com/afterlogic URL (where userdomain.com is the domain name of the customer).

Once the installation is over, it's recommended to navigate to WebMail Pro AdminPanel as suggested by the installer (you'll be provided with the default credentials to access the AdminPanel). Once entered the AdminPanel, you can replace the trial key (generated by the installer) with your permanent one, change the default password for AdminPanel access and configure the product any other way you like. This is, however, optional, as the installer sets up the product to fully operational state.

Password change feature

In addition to default functionality of the product, password change module is activated by the installer, so users will be able to change passwords for their accounts hosted by DirectAdmin server.

By default, password change module connects to localhost port 2222. If that doesn't work for you, set a correct DirectAdmin main URL in "DirectAdminURL" setting of the module's configuration file /var/www/html/afterlogic/data/settings/modules/MailChangePasswordDirectadminPlugin.config.json.

If such a setting doesn't exist in the file, you're probably running a previous version of the module, and you'll need to modify the code directly. Edit modules/MailChangePasswordDirectadminPlugin/Module.php file and specify DirectAdmin main URL:

$this->oDAApi = new \DirectAdminAPI('http://localhost:2222');

Signup

As of version 9.7.0, WebMail Pro includes signup feature for DirectAdmin, and if you run the DirectAdmin installer, this module is available. Should you wish to use it, configure it as described at:

User signup on DirectAdmin