How to use Virtualmin / Webmin in a name server hierarchy
Introduction To use a primary/secondary (aka master/slave) name server configuration with Virtualmin / Webmin, you need a few things but it’s super easy: 1. A
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When starting Webmin, miniserv.error shows Perl module Authen::PAM needed for PAM is not installed : Can’t locate Authen/PAM.pm in @INC…
You’re busy troubleshooting Webmin, e.g., it stopped again out of the blue. You tail -f miniserv.error and you notice an error. Probably unrelated but you’re
PHP-FPM Service Troubles
It appears Virtualmin struggles when you have both 5.6 and 7.2 PHP version and you’re trying to use PHP-FPM. A typical error might read: Restarting
How to restore a single mailbox using Virtualmin
Restoring a single mailbox is actually pretty simple if you’re using Virtualmin, provided you know the command syntax. The issue is finding the command syntax
403 Forbidden response when installing Let’s Encrypt on a Virtualmin server
Whilst trying to install / renew a Let’s Encrypt certificate on a Drupal 7 site running on a Virtualmin server, you get the following message:
Virtualmin – renaming domains – best practices
Renaming a domain in Virtualmin might occur during troubleshooting or because you need to actually refer to the domain by a new name. Thankfully the
Webmin Webminstats Historical System Statistics module is not logging MySQL queries
Background Upon installation of Webminstats, the MySQL counters are null. Solution Add the root password into the configuration. Reference https://sourceforge.net/p/webminstats/support-requests/43/
When starting or restarting Webmin, Cron 15501388847017 missing any time spec in /var/webmin/miniserv.error
When starting or restarting Webmin, you observe “Cron 15501388847017 missing any time spec” in /var/webmin/miniserv.error Note the CRON ID will be different. The
How to enable encryption on outgoing SMTP email for SSL protection
In Virtualmin by default outgoing SMTP email will not be encrypted using SSL and you may get warning when setting up your email clients. To
Where are the Webmin/Virtualmin log files stored?
Background To troubleshoot Webmin or Virtualmin starting, one has to look at a file called miniserv.error. Virtualmin is made by the same team as Webmin,