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Posted 2009-06-06 15:49 by Joe

The documentation is currently being migrated and re-organized, as part of our new website effort. For the next few days, this page may refer to incomplete stub documents. This will be corrected soon. In the meantime, the original Virtualmin documentation remains accessible, indexed exactly as it was on the old website. You can find that index on the legacy documentation page. The docs found there are unmaintained, but may contain some materials not yet ported to the new structure. Old links you may find in the forums or ticket tracker will generally continue to work, as the URLs have been structured as closely as possible to the old style.

First Things First

How to use the documentation - Start here. It provides a brief (about one page) overview of the conventions and organization of this documentation.

Getting Started

Installation Guides - Automatic and manual installation procedures for Virtualmin Professional and GPL.

Upgrading Virtualmin Software - Upgrading Virtualmin and related software from within Virtualmin and from the command line.

Step by Step Tutorials - Simple task-oriented guides for dozens of common tasks in Virtualmin, such as logging in, using email, creating virtual servers, etc. all in one big list (also available categorized below).

Installation FAQ - Have questions about installing Virtualmin?

Installation Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting common installation problems.

Email

POP3 and IMAP Configuration - How to configure common mail clients to download mail for POP3 and IMAP.

Spam and Anti-Virus Scanning - Explanation of Spam and Virus scanning features in Virtualmin.

Email FAQ - Have questions about the Virtualmin email stack?

Email Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting common email problems.

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Web

Website Content - Uploading and managing website content and data.

Web server FAQ - Have questions about web service and web applications in Virtualmin?

Website Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting common problems with web service.

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DNS

Automatic DNS Slave Configuration - Configuring Virtualmin to automatically create and manage DNS slave zones on secondary servers.

DNS FAQ - Have questions about DNS in Virtualmin?

Domain Name Server Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting common problems with domain name service.

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Databases

MySQL

PostgreSQL

SQLite

Oracle

Databases in Virtualmin FAQ - Have questions about database support in Virtualmin?

Database troubleshooting - Troubleshooting common problems with databases in Virtualmin

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Administrative and User Account Guides

Virtual Server Owners Guide - A brief guide for virtual server account holders, covering logging in, uploaded and managing web content, and creating mailboxes.

Resellers Guide - A guide for Virtualmin resellers, covering creation and management of virtual servers.

Mail and FTP Users - A guide for Virtualmin mailbox account holders, covering logging into Usermin, and basic usage of mail features.

Accounts FAQ - Have questions about account types and users in Virtualmin?

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