Introduction to Modification Scripts
Virtualmin provides a method for you to have your own scripts (typically shell scripts, but Perl and Python also work) run before or after a virtual server is created, modified or deleted.
This can be useful if you want to have some setup performed for each new domain that is beyond Virtualmin\'s built-in capabilities. They can also be used to validate changes made by a user before they happen, such as creation of a domain with settings that are inappropriate for your system.
Virtualmin lets you specify a script to be run before any action is performed, and a separate script to be run after. If the pre-change script fails (by returning a non-zero exit status), whatever action was going to happen will be blocked.
Example Scripts
Let's imagine you wanted each new virtual server to have a file it is home directory downloaded from some website. A post-creation script to implement this would look like :
#!/bin/sh
if [ $VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION = CREATE_DOMAIN ]; then
cd $VIRTUALSERVER_HOME
wget -O somefile.tar.gz https://yourdomain.com/somefile.tar.gz
chown $VIRTUALSERVER_USER:$VIRTUALSERVER_GROUP somefile.tar.gz
fi
If you had some external database that you wanted each new domain user to have an account in, you could automate this with a script like :
#!/bin/sh
if [ $VIRTUALSERVER_PARENT = ]; then
if [ $VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION = CREATE_DOMAIN ]; then
/usr/bin/add-to-database.pl $VIRTUALSERVER_USER $VIRTUALSERVER_PASS
fi
if [ $VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION = DELETE_DOMAIN ]; then
/usr/bin/remove-from-database.pl $VIRTUALSERVER_USER
fi
fi
Setting Pre and Post Modification Scripts
Once you have written a script, you can tell Virtualmin which scripts to run before or after some action is performed as follows :
- Login as
root
and go to System Settings -> Virtualmin Configuration. - Select the Actions upon server and user creation category.
- In the Command to run before making changes to a server field enter the full path to your pre-modification command, if any.
- In the Command to run after making changes to a server field, enter the full path to the post-modification command.
- Click Save.
Make sure the script(s) are executable, or else Virtualmin will not be able to run them.
Variables Available In Scripts
Every attribute of a virtual server is available via environment variables, all of which start with the $VIRTUALSERVER_
prefix. These are the same variables that can be used in email and other templates, as documented on the Template Variable Listing page. However, all script variables have $VIRTUALSERVER_
at the start, like $VIRTUALSERVER_DOM
or $VIRTUALSERVER_PASS
.
The action being performed can be determined by looking at the $VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION
environment variable, which will be set to one of :
CREATE_DOMAIN | A new virtual server is being created | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
MODIFY_DOMAIN | Some attribute of a virtual server is being changed | |||
DELETE_DOMAIN | A virtual server has been deleted | |||
DISABLE_DOMAIN | The virtual server is being temporarily disabled | |||
ENABLE_DOMAIN | The virtual server is being re-enabled | |||
DBNAME_DOMAIN | The database login for a virtual server is being changed | |||
DBPASS_DOMAIN | The database password for a virtual server is being changed | |||
RESTORE_DOMAIN | A virtual server is being restored from a backup |