I've been able to recreate all tables i need with Virtualmin. I see a button "Export as CSV" but where can i import a csv file?

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I've been able to recreate all tables i need with Virtualmin. I see a button "Export as CSV" but where can i import a csv file?

There is no such option. Exporting as CSV is merely a convenience function for folks that want to pull a table into a spreadsheet or other data processor...but CSV does not contain the data needed to re-create a table. A CSV export is not a database backup.

You need a native dump of the database to be able to restore data (using the "Backup database" option--Virtualmin also has a virtual server backup feature that can safely backup and restore databases that belong to virtual servers). I'm sure there are tools out there to import data from a CSV, but it's a lossy format--it's not the same as restoring via a proper dump, and is probably a recipe for disaster if your application is expecting well-formed data in the database.