# The control panel

Your hosting is managed from its **DirectAdmin** panel. It opens in your browser, on a computer as on a tablet, at your server's address, for example **<https://web1.simafri.cloud>**.

## Signing in

1. Open the **Control panel** address shown in your client area, **Web hosting** section.
2. Enter your **Login**, shown in the same place.
3. Enter your password, obtained from your hosting's card (see [Getting started](/en/hebergement-web/bien-demarrer.md#mot-de-passe)).

## Changing your password

In your hosting's card, click **New password**, then confirm. The new password is shown only once, and it works within a minute; the old one then stops working. It is also how you regain access after forgetting it.

## The panel's sections

The panel's menu groups its sections into four families: **Account Manager** for domains, files, databases and DNS, **E-mail Manager** for mail, **System Info & Files** and **Advanced Features**. This guide names each section as the panel shows it in English.

| You want to...                           | The section                                  |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| manage your files online                 | **File Manager**                             |
| create an FTP access                     | **FTP Management**                           |
| create a database, open phpMyAdmin       | **MySQL Databases**, then **phpMyAdmin**     |
| create a subdomain                       | **Subdomain Management**                     |
| manage your DNS records                  | **Account Manager**, then **DNS Management** |
| view your HTTPS certificates             | **SSL/TLS Certificates**                     |
| choose the PHP version of a domain       | **PHP Version Selector**                     |
| create an email address                  | **E-mail Accounts**                          |
| forward an address, set up an auto-reply | **E-mail Forwarders**, **Autoresponders**    |
| adjust the anti-spam                     | **SPAM Filters**, **SpamAssassin Setup**     |
| open the webmail                         | **Webmail: Roundcube**                       |
| add your SSH key                         | **SSH Keys**                                 |
| schedule a task                          | **Cron Jobs**                                |
| protect a folder with a password         | **Password Protected Directories**           |

The search field at the top of the panel finds a section by its name.

## Your main domain and your other domains

The panel opens on your **main domain**, the one from your order. When your account holds several domains, the domain selector at the top of the panel chooses the one you are working on.

To host one more domain on your account, within the limit of your plan, write to support: our team adds it, with its DNS zone, its folder and its HTTPS certificate. Subdomains, for their part, are created freely from **Subdomain Management**.

## What our team does for you

* **Installing an application**: WordPress, PrestaShop, Joomla or Drupal, for example. Write to support naming the application and the domain: our team installs it on your hosting.
* **Transferring an existing site**: your files, your databases and your email addresses, from your current hosting.
* **Adding a PHP version** your application needs.

## Frequently asked questions

### The panel does not accept my password.

Request a **New password** in your hosting's card, wait a minute, then sign in again with the **Login** shown in the same card: it is your account login, not your email address.

### Can I use the panel from my phone?

Yes: the panel adapts to phone and tablet screens.