Can't add multiple servers on the same IP but different ports

The title says it all…

I've a number of private servers behind a firewall, accessible by SSH over the same IP but different ports. I can't seem to be able to add one of them because Cloudmin 8.real tells me that another system is already uses this IP. (which is true, but on another SSH port)

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Multiple systems on the same IP behind a firewall aren't supported by Cloudmin currently - and likely won't be any time soon, as it isn't possible to ping the system in that case.

I do have three such systems added to Cloudmin currently. SSH-only, but enough to run "apt-get update" on them. It works flawlessly, but I'm unable to add more systems on another IP.

Maybe that's because that IP is already used by a webmin-system, whereas the 3 SSH-only systems use an IP that's otherwise unused?

Kind regards

C

Are you also setting up tunneling to Webmin via different ports?

I suppose we could support this kind of setup actually - if the SSH and Webmin ports are different, it shouldn't be considered a clash.

I do not plan to use webmin on those hosts. I'd like to use Cloudmin to issue SSH commands only. Awesome if cloudmin would support that.

BTW: It'd be great if there was something like a "minimal cloudmin agent", a stripped-down webmin installation without all those system modules unused by cloudmin.

Ok, I will modify Cloudmin in the next release to allow multiple systems to have the same IP but different SSH ports.

Regarding the idea of a "minimal Webmin", we do actually have a package like that - but it only saves on disk space, not RAM, as Webmin always loads scripts on demand so un-used modules don't take up any extra resources.

Jamie, do you know when the next release will be available? Or can I install a prerelease in the meantime? Kind regards

Christian Aust

I plan to do a new Cloudmin release in less than a week.