{"id":22307,"date":"2024-09-24T12:28:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000305665-what-is-the-virtualmin-tool\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:03:00","slug":"103000305665-what-is-the-virtualmin-tool","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000305665-what-is-the-virtualmin-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Virtualmin Tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-identifyelement=\"483\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong data-identifyelement=\"484\">What is the Virtualmin tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"485\" dir=\"ltr\"><a data-identifyelement=\"486\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualmin.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"487\">Virtualmin<\/u><\/a> is a Open Source web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. Backups of Virtualmin can stored on Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"485\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"485\" dir=\"ltr\">Please follow the installation instructions <a data-identifyelement=\"488\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualmin.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"489\">here<\/u><\/a> if you&#8217;re interested in using Virtualmin.<\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"490\" dir=\"ltr\"><br data-identifyelement=\"491\"><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"492\" dir=\"ltr\">You will need the following information to setup Virtualmin with Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage:<\/p>\n<ul data-identifyelement=\"493\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"494\">access_key<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"495\">secret_key<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"496\">Contabo&#8217;s S3 URL<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"497\" dir=\"ltr\">your bucket name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-identifyelement=\"498\"><strong data-identifyelement=\"499\"><br data-identifyelement=\"500\"><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 data-identifyelement=\"501\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong data-identifyelement=\"502\">How do I setup Virtualmin to work with Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"503\" dir=\"ltr\">Please follow the steps below in order to use Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage as backup storage for Vitualmin:<\/p>\n<ol data-identifyelement=\"504\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"505\" dir=\"ltr\">Select Cloud Storage Providers under Virtualmin &gt; Backup and Restore. You should see something like this:<br data-identifyelement=\"506\"><br data-identifyelement=\"507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virtualmin Cloud Storage Providers\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/euc-cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/103134036790\/original\/ATKo4REkcLeQNxAC8QhPySjWNsa72yiG0A.png?1722332010\" width=\"1380\" height=\"250\" class=\"img_ev3q fr-fic fr-dii\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"103134036790\" data-identifyelement=\"508\"><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"509\" dir=\"ltr\">Click on Amazon S3. You should see the configuration page like this:<br data-identifyelement=\"510\"><br data-identifyelement=\"511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virtualmin S3 Config\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/euc-cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/103134036793\/original\/BB2ZP3Yx9tScBl9du7AG8lcvocE2QGB6YA.png?1722332010\" width=\"1361\" height=\"514\" class=\"img_ev3q fr-fic fr-dii\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"103134036793\" data-identifyelement=\"512\"><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"513\" dir=\"ltr\">Set the following settings:<br data-identifyelement=\"514\">For Default S3 login choose &#8220;Entered below &#8230;&#8221;<br data-identifyelement=\"515\">Access key = 82046e8110804a43bf29c1ae426a724d<br data-identifyelement=\"516\">Secret Key = 82e69bd7a52076c527154297a76c2233<br data-identifyelement=\"517\">For S3-compatible server hostname, specify your relevant Contabo S3 URL.<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"518\" dir=\"ltr\">Click Save.<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"519\" dir=\"ltr\">Either via Backup Virtual Server (=manual Backup) or via Scheduled Backups (=automated backups) you will be able to see Destination and format like in following screenshot:<br data-identifyelement=\"520\"><br data-identifyelement=\"521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virtualmin Destination Backup\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/euc-cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/103134036795\/original\/5FJi0qfRgoT3B02ZUAFucpZEpFzq4KYJuw.png?1722332010\" width=\"1373\" height=\"470\" class=\"img_ev3q fr-fic fr-dii\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"103134036795\" data-identifyelement=\"522\"><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"523\" dir=\"ltr\">Specify following values:<br data-identifyelement=\"524\">Backup destinations = Amazon S3 bucket<br data-identifyelement=\"525\">Bucket and path = virtualmin\/backups<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"526\" dir=\"ltr\">Click &#8220;Backup now&#8221; or &#8220;Create Schedule&#8221; depending on if you are coming from manual or automated backups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000305665-what-is-the-virtualmin-tool-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Virtualmin tool? Virtualmin is a Open Source web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. Backups of Virtualmin can stored on Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage.&nbsp; Please follow the installation instructions here if you&#8217;re interested in using Virtualmin. 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