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Using Virtualmin, you have the ability to backup any number of things, such as pertinent user data, databases, and even configuration files. In this articleThis will show you how to backup your Virtualmin Configuration Files to ensure that your specific Virtualmin...

The Virtualmin control panel uses Virtual servers to add new domains and subdomains to your server. Think of each virtual server as its own separate account with privileges to generally only access items or settings related to that account. Let's take a look at the different...

Linux is an open-source kernel that is used in many different Unix Operating systems, such as CentOS, Ubuntu, and OpenElec – to name a few. Virtualmin is a free and open-source control panel that can run on top of or rather in tandem with Linux on a server to help you manage...

Like our guide covering: How to install new Perl modules in Virtualmin, you can also list your currently installed Perl modules using the Perl Modules module found in Webmin. This guide will show you how to view your currently installed Perl modules. You'll need to have...

The focus of this article is to teach you how to check your disk usage using Virtualmin. Keep in mind that you'll need to have already installed Virtualmin. If you have not done so yet, please look at the following article: How to install Virtualmin (CentOS 7). Checking the...

In a previous article, we covered: How to set up Bandwidth Monitoring . However, once set up, you may be wondering how to view this usage in Virtualmin. The focus of this guide is to teach you how to view a virtual server's bandwidth usage in Virtualmin. You'll need to have...

With Virtualmin, you can view your currently active network interfaces by taking advantage of the Network Interfaces module located under the Networking section. The focus of this article is to teach you how to locate this module so that you can view your currently active...

If you have a website or you're managing a server with several websites, then it is safe to say that you have needed to either upload or download files to and from your server. How did you do it? Did you utilize an FTP program such as FileZilla, or perhaps you utilized a...

In another article, we cover How to View Existing Perl Modules in Virtualmin . However, using the Existing module's interface, you can also upgrade Perl modules at your discretion. This guide will show you how to do just that. Please note that you'll need to have Virtualmin...

Ensuring that the packages on your server are up to date is a typical but important administrative task. With Virtualmin, not only can you ensure that your Virtualmin-related packages are up to date using the Virtualmin Package Update module, but you can also update all of...

Taking our guide that shows you How to View Existing Perl Modules in Virtualmin, you can also uninstall Perl modules using the Existing module's interface found in the Perl Modules module. This guide will show you how to uninstall any currently installed Perl modules. It 's...

What is an Account Plan in Virtualmin? Like packages in cPanel, Account Plans allow you to customize specific settings a user has access to based on their assigned plan. This guide will show you how to create a new Account Plan in Virtualmin. In order to follow this guide,...

Bandwidth monitoring can be used to notify server owners or specified user accounts when a site/server exceeds its allocated bandwidth limit. This article will show you how to enable bandwidth monitoring within Virtualmin. You'll need to have Virtualmin installed and be able...

Booting up or shutting down your server is one of the simplest of administrative tasks, and with Virtualmin, it gets a whole lot easier! In this article, you'll see how easy it is to reboot or shut down your Virtualmin server. This article is written from the perspective...

If you've landed on this tutorial, then chances are you have a disabled Virtual Server in Virtualmin that you're now ready to re-enable. This process is fairly straightforward. However, you'll need to have access to the root user account for the server. Only the root user is...

Disk quotas are a great way to ensure that everyone is getting their fair share of available disk space on a server. This function is beneficial in a shared server environment or any server that has multiple users. A disk quota is essentially a limit that a server...