changing virtual-server Home directory

Hi,

Yes, this can definitely be done. The area where it gets done can be easily confused, because it's not as obvious given it part of a larger feature inside Virtualmin. Here are the steps.

Navigate to: Virtualmin > Server Configuration > Change Domain Name

For your needs, adjust "Change home directory" parameter to what you desire, then simply click "Rename Now".

*** This will create the new home directory, and move things to that directory, and finally delete the old home directory accordingly. ***

-Peter

Changing home directory and domain name is two different things but as always virtualmin help = no help

There should be a change you can do it by follow the steps for activating virtual hosts you can find for the linux version you are using by searching google

Hi, when I tried to do that it says that directory already existed. I'm trying to import a Virtual Server from an existing nginx Virtual Server on /var/www/mydomain.com

how does it work?

@jfolph,

Typically using the instructions I originally posted will result in a resolution, however there may be some quirks with regards to nGinx specifically. If you'd like, I am available to discuss the matter further over Skype. Drop me a line, and we can setup a time and day to look into this further. Cheers!

This isn't off-topic i hope as it's along the same lines.

Is it possible to force a home directory change to an existing virtual server's home directory? Virtualmin doesn't allow this stating the directory already exists, but this is needed to make use of OpenCart's multi-store feature. I've been able to do this on CPanel/Plesk - just having difficulty doing this on Virtualmin, or am i missing something??

@sky

Looking for exact same thing!

Hey @sky and @LeoSilver, I see this is old but with no answer posted I thought I'd take the chance to contribute.

When you create a new Virtual Server, you have the option of "Alias of yourdomain.com

I use TYPO3 with multiple domains in one instance. Similar to what you want to do with OpenCart.

KC

Here it is: After hours of searching and playing experimenting with Vmin, i finally figured it out. for my setup its a little unique and this makes it not a straight forward setup as normal i am running Ubunto 18, Nginx and Apache running with Vmin installed to manage both (nginx and apache2)

1. Virtualmin >> System Settings >> Server Templates >> >> Defualt Settings (Notice Under 'Skeleton Direcory' >> /etc/skel)

2. From the drop down select Home directory again notice '/etc/skel' run SSH and type cd /etc/skel then ls (you should find something like:examples.desktop) you can open and view content using nano examples.desktop >> i did and the content seem like latin to me and i do not understand latin....but anyways next step...... Make no changes in step 2, this is just for information purpose

3. do : a. /etc/apache2/suexec then b. ls on that and you will find : www-data

4. nano www-data i had : /home puplic_html

i changed it to : /var/www/html html

4. navigate back to : Virtualmin >> System Settings >> Server Templates >> >> Defualt Settings select 'Apache Website' drop down and change:

DocumentRoot ${HOME} to DocumentRoot ${HOME}/html and to

by doing this i have changed my default directory from /home to /var/www/html

home is a variable that is equal to /var/www if you know what i mean.......

Other problem i was having was nginx 'site creating' by virtualmin was writing and updating port "liston:80" into my ports.conf configuration which breaks my setup and stop apache or nginx working.... i remedied this by setting any port other than 80 or 443 (on the apache server setttings) which is reserved for the nginx server which proxies to apache server:8080

Ps: always check these when playing with you setup a. /etc/apache2/sites-available/creative.ctechn.com.conf (find document and directory settings here : whats written into it by Virtualmin) b. ports.conf (if any ports have been recently entered in by virtualmin breaking config)

c. then tersting using: apache2 -t and nginx -t (to make sure you have an ok on all settings configurations)

.......................................CORRECTION to the Above .................

---------------------------------------Changing Home website Directory----------------------------

Virtualmin >> System Settings >> Server Templates >> >> Defualt Settings (Notice Under 'Skeleton Direcory' >> /etc/skel)

do : a. /etc/apache2/suexec then b. ls on that and you will find : www-data

nano www-data i had : /home puplic_html

i changed it to : /var/www/html html

navigate back to : Virtualmin >> System Settings >> Server Templates >> >> Defualt Settings select 'Apache Website' drop down and change: DocumentRoot ${HOME} to DocumentRoot ${HOME}/${ALIAS} and to

by doing this i have changed my default directory from /home to /var/www/html

     ..................................................................................(OLD)

ServerName ${DOM} ServerAlias www.${DOM} ServerAlias mail.${DOM} DocumentRoot ${HOME}/public_html ErrorLog /var/log/virtualmin/${DOM}_error_log CustomLog /var/log/virtualmin/${DOM}_access_log combined ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ ${HOME}/cgi-bin/ DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5 Options -Indexes +IncludesNOEXEC +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch allow from all AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch allow from all AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

                                                                           TO (/var/www/<DomainAlias>)

.....................................................................................................................................(NEW)

ServerName ${DOM} ServerAlias www.${DOM} ServerAlias mail.${DOM} DocumentRoot ${HOME}/${ALIAS} ErrorLog /var/log/virtualmin/${DOM}_error_log CustomLog /var/log/virtualmin/${DOM}_access_log combined ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ ${HOME}/cgi-bin/ DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5 Options -Indexes +IncludesNOEXEC +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch allow from all AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch allow from all AllowOverride All Options=ExecCGI,Includes,IncludesNOEXEC,Indexes,MultiViews,SymLinksIfOwnerMatch