{"id":1005,"date":"2021-12-06T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/12\/06\/5790024-how-to-use-directadmin-vps-template-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","slug":"5790024-how-to-use-directadmin-vps-template-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5790024-how-to-use-directadmin-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use DirectAdmin VPS Template at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">DirectAdmin is one of the <b>OS licenses <\/b>you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/7034536-how-to-purchase-an-os-license-for-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">purchase<\/a> <\/b>and install in a few clicks at Hostinger, either while setting up your server for the first time or by <b><a href=\"\/support\/4965922-how-to-change-the-operating-system-for-your-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">changing<\/a> <\/b>it later at any time. <\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you don&rsquo;t have a VPS yet, visit our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps\/directadmin-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">DirectAdmin hosting<\/a><\/b> page to select a suitable package.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_1f465115d2\">How to Log In<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">During the installation of DirectAdmin on your VPS, you&rsquo;ll be asked to <b>define the admin password<\/b>. Make sure to take note of the password, as you will need it to log into your server.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once completed, enter the following address on your browser to log in:<\/p><pre><code>http:\/\/vps-ip:2222<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">Replace <code>vps-ip<\/code> with <b><a href=\"\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-vps-ip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">your own VPS IP address<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The login details will be the following:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Username<\/b>: admin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Password<\/b>: the initial password you established during the OS installation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">After the initial setup, if you <b>forget your password<\/b>, you can reset it from your <b><a href=\"\/support\/5726606-how-to-use-vps-dashboard-in-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">VPS Dashboard<\/a><\/b>&lsquo;s Operating System page &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Additional Resources<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.directadmin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">DirectAdmin Official Documentation<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.directadmin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">DirectAdmin Forums<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessing and setting up DirectAdmin on Hostinger\u2019s VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5790024-how-to-use-directadmin-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5790024-como-usar-o-directadmin-com-seu-vps-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}