This tutorial will cover how to use the Upload and Download module.
The Upload and Download module assists you in getting files to your server -- either by downloading files from the Internet onto your server, or by allowing you to upload them from your PC to the server.
It assumes you have first logged into Virtualmin.
-
Click
Webmin
on the top-left. -
Click
Others
. -
Click
Upload and Download
.
To download a file from the Web onto your server:
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Input the URL to the file in the
URLs to download
textarea. This would be something likehttps://example.com/downloads/myfile.tar.gz
. -
Choose the directory where you would like to store the file. To save it in the root users home directory, enter
/root
in theDownload to file or directory
field. -
Click
Download URL's
.
To upload a file from your PC to your server:
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Click the
Upload to server
tab. -
Click
Browse
next toFiles to upload
, and select the file to upload to the server. -
Choose the directory where you would like to store the file. To save it in the root users home directory, enter
/root
in theFile or directory to upload to
field. -
Click
Upload
.