{"id":12155,"date":"2021-10-27T09:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T09:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2024-04-23T12:36:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T11:36:11","slug":"change-update-channel-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/change-update-channel-directadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Update Channel in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At times, you would want to do more testing before updating DirectAdmin as the configurations are familiar. It is possible to delay the shown &#8220;Latest Version&#8221; if you change the update channel of your DirectAdmin account.<\/p>\n<p>For example, changing the channel to &#8220;stable&#8221; will delay the version updates. It will give you an ample amount of testing time.<\/p>\n<p>These are the update channels for the DirectAdmin panel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stable<\/strong>&#8211; <em>Delays the release<\/em> schedule for the account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current<\/strong> &#8211; Automatically updates the panel with the latest release schedule.\u00a0<em>Default option<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Beta<\/strong> &#8211; It is a channel supporting <em>Release Candidates<\/em>, meaning &#8220;<em>going silver.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0The panel will update to a potentially stable version.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alpha<\/strong> &#8211; Updates to the version that is ongoing testing and has<em> bleeding-edge features<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"kb-box-focus   kb-box-focus-rounded   kb-box-focus-green\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: It is advisable to reset the update channel to <em>Default<\/em> after your testing. Operating the latest version of the DirectAdmin panel is very important. To be clear, it brings in better features and removes bugs.<\/div>\n<h2>To Change Update Channel<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your <em>admin<\/em> account of DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n<p>2. Scroll down to the <strong>Support &amp; Help<\/strong> section and click on <strong>Licensing\/Updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da_licensing_updates.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1203\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Scroll down to the <strong>DirectAdmin Values<\/strong> section.<\/p>\n<p>4. Select the <strong>Update Channel<\/strong> from the dropdown list. 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