Configuring virtualmin for OpenVZ VPS

This tutorial continues from previous one

Configuring virtualmin:

Configuring virtualmin is a bit confusing. Just follow the following step by step tutorial to configure it properly

 

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1. Login in your webmin control panel by going this ip  https://<your-ip-address-here>:10000 Your browser may show security warning about certificate. Just ignore it. Now, use your root username and password to login.

(If you are facing problem to access this link, then you have to use proxy to temporary fix this problem. You can also fix this problem permanently by changing port 10000 to other. We will discuss about this fix later.)

2. In the introduction page, click cancel button to use default settings of virtualmin.

3. You'll see a error regarding configuration. Click "Re-check and refresh configuration" button. It'll recheck your configuration based on your server.

4. You'll see some errors. Let's fix these one by one.

Error 1:

The ClamAV program clamscan does not appear to be working properly :
LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddb(): No supported database files found in /var/lib/clamav/ ERROR: Can't open file or directory

Fix

Simply, run this command in your SSH client as root.

freshclam

Go to Virtualmin -> System Settings -> click "Re-Check Configuration". Now you may see this error

Error 2:

MySQL is installed and running, but does not have any root password set! This should be changed immediately in the MySQL Database module.

Fix:

Click on "MySQL Database" and select a password to protect MySQL database.

Again go to Virtualmin -> System Settings -> click "Re-Check Configuration". Now you may see this error

 

Error 3:

Default IP address is set to 127.0.0.2, but the detected external address is actually xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. This is typically the result of being behind a NAT firewall, and should be corrected on the module configuration page.

Fix:

You'll get this error on OpenVZ VPS. To fix this, follow the following steps.

a. Click on "module configuration"

b. Under "Configuring category" dropdown, select "Network settings"

c. In "network interface virtual address, write "venet0:0" instead of "venet0".

d. Also set "venet0:0" in "Default virtual server IPv6 address" filed

e. Click save.

f. Now you'll face this error after save.

Your system's primary IP address appears to have changed from 127.0.0.2 to <your-server-ip-address>. Virtual servers using the old address may be unreachable or serve the wrong web content.

g. Click "Update Incorrect IP Addresses"

h. In the next page, just click "Change Now". Leave everything as default.

Go to Virtualmin -> System Settings -> click "Re-Check Configuration". Now you may see this
error.

Error 4:

"The module could not find the mount point for your home directories filesystem /home. Quotas editing has been disabled."

Or

Quotas are not enabled on the filesystem / which contains home directories under /home and email files under /home. Quota editing has been disabled.

Fix:

Actually, there is nothing to fix. It's normal for OpenVZ VPS. There is nothing wrong.

Also, you'll see this messageat the end of the page:

 .. your system is ready for use by Virtualmin.

You have successfully configured Virtualmin for NGINX.