Managing a Linux server does not always have to be done through vi or other text editors but could also be done using a web interface. Using an open source tool called Webmin I am now able to manage my favorite operating system using a web interface! Webmin offers an incredible amount of tasks which can be done using any of the popular web browsers. These are my steps installing webmin on my Debian Etch server.

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I manage numerous web sites at work but since we only have very few public IP addresses given to us I decided to use Name based virtual hosting. This is how I did it with the help of Virtualmin GPL.

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I had problems trying to make suPHP work on my Debian Lenny server. I have tried re-tried different ways to make it work but all failed. Searching for alternatives on the web I came across this article on how to run vhosts using UID/GID of the web site owner. If a package is available on Ubuntu there is a very good chance it is also available on the Debian software repositories.

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Makes it easy to schedule backups in a number of ways. Even though Virtualmin is capable of sending backup data remotely using either FTP or SCP, I have decided instead to use the amazing free Veeam FastSCP to copy backup data to an external drive connected via firewire. Having it done this way helps cut down bandwith usage. Veeam was primarily designed to copy VMware ESX server bulk files in an extremely fast way.

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