Virtual host root directory

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 23:33

I moved a site from one virtualmin server to another using the backup and restore feature. On the new server it has a different home directory. When I do a validate servers I get the following error, how do I update the location for virtualmin and nginx works fine?

Nginx website : The Nginx virtual host root directory is /home/riversofcarbon/public_html, but Virtualmin expects it to be /home/riversof/public_html

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 23:36

You will need to edit the config file for the domain under /etc/nginx/sites-enabled to correct the root directory path.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 23:42

That said, this shouldn't be needed to be done manually. Did you restore this domain from a different system with a different home directory format?

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 01:26

The backup was created on another virtualmin server and then restored to this new server. There were issues creating the new virtual servers from the backup so I had to manually create the files under sites-enabled. When the restore created the new sites it did also use a new directory for some reason on the new server, hence had to change email home locations and user home directories.

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 01:31

There are only symbolic links under /etc/nginx/sites-enabled, I have already updated the files under /etc/nginx/sites-enabled so nginx is happy but virtualmin is still not happy.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 16:55

What is the actual home directory for this domain?

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Mon, 10/05/2015 - 07:27

Actual home directory is /home/riversofcarbon/public_html

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 10/05/2015 - 16:33

If you run validation for this domain for all features, does it report any other errors? Like the home directory being missing?

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Tue, 10/06/2015 - 09:51

Nope, that's the only error.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 00:04

That's very confusing .. does the directory /home/riversof exist at all?

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 00:38

Directory /home/riversof does not exist

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 10/07/2015 - 23:31

What output do you get if you run :

grep /home/riversof /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/*

Submitted by admin@curatebee.com on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 19:29

grep /home/riversof /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/*

/etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/140727887928791:public_html_path=/home/riversof/public_html /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/140727887928791:ssl_key=/home/riversofcarbon/ssl.key /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/140727887928791:ssl_cert=/home/riversofcarbon/ssl.cert /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/140727887928791:home=/home/riversofcarbon /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/140727887928791:stats_pass=/home/riversof/.stats-htpasswd

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 23:11

Ok, I see the problem now - the work-around is to edit /etc/webmin/virtual-server/domains/140727887928791 and fix or remove that public_html_path= line. The next release of the Nginx plugin will fix this properly.

Submitted by Issues on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 23:18

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.