DirectAdmin equivalents

This page maps a selection of the DirectAdmin commands and screens people ask about most onto AdminBolt; it is not a complete inventory of either panel. DirectAdmin names follow the DirectAdmin documentation. Read the section overview first if you have not.

AdminBolt menu entries are written as Group > Entry, and tabs as "Page page, Tab tab". Items marked [module] are installed separately from Modules, and [module + licence] also needs a licence from its vendor.

The ones people ask about first

These are the short answers. The tables below give the detail, including whether a bolt-cli command exists for the job.

DirectAdmin	AdminBolt
da update	Settings > System > System Updates
da admin-backup, Admin Backup/Transfer	Backups
da login-url	bolt-cli admin-sso-generate
da build set php1_release <version>, then da build php	Settings > PHP > PHP Versions
da suspend-user	Customers > Accounts, Suspend in the row's More options menu

Commands

Every DirectAdmin command below is documented on The directadmin binary or the page linked in its row.

AdminBolt's command line is deliberately small. Commands documents the bolt-cli commands supported for direct use, and the rest of the work is done in the panel. Each row answers the command question first: it names a bolt-cli command where one exists, and where none does it says "No command" and gives the page that does the same job.

DirectAdmin	AdminBolt command or page	Notes
da update	No command; Settings > System > System Updates, Components tab	Checks and installs updates to AdminBolt and its components. da update also accepts a release channel or a build hash; AdminBolt documents no equivalent of that. See System Updates.
da build set php1_release <version>, then da build php	No command; Settings > PHP > PHP Versions, Install	Installed versions are assigned to domains in Settings > PHP > PHP Domain Assignment. See PHP Versions and PHP Domain Assignment.
da build set webserver <name>, then da build <name>	No command; Web Server page, Apache, LiteSpeed and OpenLiteSpeed tabs	LiteSpeed is a [module + licence] (LiteSpeed); OpenLiteSpeed is a [module] with no licence (OpenLiteSpeed).
da build set dovecot yes, then da build dovecot, da build exim	bolt-cli manage-dovecot, bolt-cli manage-postfix, bolt-cli manage-rspamd, or Email page, Overview tab	CustomBuild builds the component it is given. The AdminBolt commands take --action=install, --action=status or --action=remove for one component, and AdminBolt runs Postfix where DirectAdmin runs Exim, so the mail stacks are not the same. The Overview tab shows the mail services and whether each is running. See Mail Commands and Email.
da admin-backup --destination=<path>	No command; Backups	DirectAdmin writes one archive per account to a directory. AdminBolt keeps per-account backup repositories that policies and runs write to. See Backup Policies and Backup Runs.
da login-url	bolt-cli admin-sso-generate	Prints a one-time link that signs you in to the admin panel; --expire= sets how long it stays valid, for example 30m or 24h. No panel page generates the link. da login-url --user= can sign in as any account; this command covers the admin panel only. See First run.
da admin	No command; Settings > System > Admin Management	da admin prints the main administrator's username; AdminBolt documents no command that prints it, and Admin Management lists the administrators. To add an administrator or reset a password from the shell, use bolt-cli create-admin-account or bolt-cli reset-admin-account-password.
da version	bolt-cli get-status, or Dashboard	da version prints the DirectAdmin version. get-status prints the panel version, the PHP version, the number of accounts and domains, and the hostname as JSON. The Dashboard shows the account and domain counts, and its Updates section names the release you are running. See Dashboard.
da info	No documented equivalent	DirectAdmin describes it as "Print binary compile info".
da suspend-user --user=<user>, da unsuspend-user	No command; Customers > Accounts, Suspend in the row's More options menu	See Accounts.
da suspend-domain, da unsuspend-domain	No documented equivalent	AdminBolt documents suspension for an account, not for one domain of an account.
da license, da license-set	No command; Settings > System > License	The page shows the licence status, and License Key Activation takes a new key. See License.
da config, da config-get, da config-set	No command; Settings > General > General Settings	Server-wide settings are on that page; AdminBolt documents no command that reads or writes them. See General Settings.
da api-url	No command; Settings > Security > API Keys	Keys authenticate calls to the REST API. See API Keys.
da doveadm-quota --email=<address>	No command; client panel Emails > Email Accounts, Usage column	DirectAdmin prints one mailbox's quota usage. AdminBolt shows it on the page. See Email Accounts.
da build rewrite_confs	No documented equivalent	AdminBolt documents no command or page that rewrites the web server configuration files.
action=rewrite&value=httpd in task.queue, then da taskq	No documented equivalent	See "What has no counterpart".
action=rewrite&value=named&domain=<domain> in task.queue	No documented equivalent	DirectAdmin rewrites the zone file for a domain. AdminBolt documents no such job; its records are edited on Settings > DNS > DNS Records (DNS Records), which is a different task.
da permissions	No documented equivalent	DirectAdmin describes it as "Set DirectAdmin files permissions".
da server	No documented equivalent	DirectAdmin runs its web service with systemctl start directadmin; da server runs it from the shell, for troubleshooting.

Commands with a guide that no row above maps: bolt-cli flush-dns, bolt-cli firewall, bolt-cli ping-domains, bolt-cli health-check, bolt-cli run-auto-ssl, bolt-cli ssl-health-check, bolt-cli manage-mailserver and bolt-cli manage-system-email-account. See Commands.

Admin Level screens

DirectAdmin Admin Level	AdminBolt	Documented in
Account Manager > Show All Users	Customers > Accounts	Accounts
Account Manager > List Resellers	Customers > Resellers	Reseller Accounts
Account Manager > Manage Reseller Packages, Account Manager > Manage User Packages	Customers > Hosting Packages, Plans and Feature Lists tabs	Hosting Plans, Feature Lists
Account Manager > Move Users between Resellers	Customers > Accounts, Edit Account, the Reseller field	Accounts
Server Manager > IP Management	Settings > Infrastructure > Network IPs	Network IPs
DNS Administration	Settings > DNS > DNS Records	DNS Records, DNS Templates
Multi Server Setup	Cluster; DNS clustering becomes available once hub mode is turned on there	Hub Settings, DNS Cluster
Custom HTTPD Configuration	Web Server page, Apache Includes tab	Apache Includes
Server Manager > Modsecurity	Web Server page, ModSecurity Config tab	ModSecurity Configuration
Mail Queue Administration	Email page, Mail Queue tab	Mail Queue
Brute Force Monitor	Settings > Security > Fail2Ban	Fail2Ban Settings
Admin Tools > Admin Backup/Transfer	Backups	Backups
System Backup	Backups page, Server Config tab	Server Configuration Backup
CustomBuild > Updates	Settings > System > System Updates	System Updates
Support & Help > Licensing	Settings > System > License	License
Licensing / Updates, Update DirectAdmin	Settings > System > System Updates	System Updates
Server Management > Admin settings	Settings > General > General Settings	General Settings
Admin Tools > Customize Evolution Skin	Settings > General > General Settings, Branding tab	General Settings
Support & Help > Manage Tickets	Settings > General > Support Tickets	Support Tickets
Plugin Manager	Modules	Modules
Admin Log Viewer	Logs > Logs	Logs

Reseller Level screens

A DirectAdmin reseller works at Reseller Level. In AdminBolt a reseller has a separate panel at https://<your-server>:8443/reseller; see Reseller Panel.

DirectAdmin Reseller Level	AdminBolt reseller panel	Documented in
List Users	Hosting Management > Accounts	Accounts
Manage User Packages	Hosting Management > Plans, Hosting Management > Feature Lists	Plans, Feature Lists
IP Manager	Network Management > IP Pools, Network Management > IP Assignments	IP Pools, IP Assignments
Name Servers	Hosting Management > Webhost Manager	Webhost Manager
Reseller Tools > Manage User Backups	Backups > Backups	Backups
Manage Tickets	Settings > Support Tickets	Support Tickets: Resellers
Custom default web page and suspended pages	Hosting Management > Landing Pages	Landing Pages

User Level screens

DirectAdmin documents some User Level features by name rather than by menu label; those names are used as its documentation gives them.

DirectAdmin User Level	AdminBolt client panel	Documented in
Domain Setup	Domains > Domains	Domains
Sub-Domains Setup	Domains > Domains, domain type Subdomain	Domains
DNS Management	Domains > Zone Editor	Zone Editor
Site Redirection	Domains > Redirects	Redirects
SSL Certificate	Domains > SSL Certificates	SSL Certificates
MySQL Management	Databases > Databases, Databases > phpMyAdmin [module]	Databases, phpMyAdmin
E-Mail Accounts	Emails > Email Accounts	Email Accounts
Forwarders	Emails > Forwarders	Forwarders
Autoresponders	Emails > Autoresponders	Autoresponders
Catch-All	Emails > Catch All	Email Catch All
Mailing Lists	Mailing Lists > Mailing Lists	Mailing Lists
FileManager	Files > File Manager [module]	File Manager
Protected Directories	Files > Private Directories	Private Directories
FTP accounts	Files > FTP Accounts	FTP Accounts
Crons	Advanced > Cron Jobs, when the account has SSH access and the server supports it	Cron Jobs
Advanced Features > Create/Restore Backups	Files > Backups, when backups are set up for the account	Backups
System Info & Files > Site Summary / Statistics / Logs	Metrics > Visitors, Metrics > Raw Accesses, Domains > Access Logs, Domains > Error Logs	Visitors, Raw Accesses, Access Logs, Error Logs
System Info & Files > Terminal	Security > SSH Terminal, when SSH access is enabled for the account	SSH Terminal
Advanced Features > Git	Files > Git Version Control [module]	Git Version Control
Advanced Features > Redis	Databases > Redis	Redis
Advanced Features > WordPress Manager	WordPress Management > Manage WordPress	Manage WordPress
Change your Password	Preferences > Password & Security	Password & Security
Softaculous (third-party)	Softaculous [module], for account owners once the module is installed	Softaculous

What has no counterpart

• The task queue. DirectAdmin runs many changes through task.queue, which its service processes every minute, and da taskq runs the processor by hand. AdminBolt documents no queue file to append to and no command to process one, so the action=rewrite recipes in the table above have no counterpart.
• CustomBuild as a build tool. da build compiles and rewrites the software it manages. AdminBolt installs PHP versions on Settings > PHP > PHP Versions, LiteSpeed and OpenLiteSpeed from Modules, and the mail components with the bolt-cli manage-* commands (Mail Commands); it has no command that builds software from source.
• The Admin Level File Editor. The admin panel has no file editor; edit server files over SSH.
• Reseller messaging and skins. The reseller panel has no counterpart to Reseller Tools > Message All Users or Reseller Tools > Skin manager.