Using Webmin

NOTE: You have full access to the directory that stores all the files related to your Drupal website. DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES UNLESS YOU HAVE TESTED & VERIFIED BACKUPS OF YOUR DRUPAL WEBSITE.

Webmin provides web browser access to your ThetaJoin server. You can manage all aspects of the Drupal file system using this interface.  

Login to Webmin at https://www.example.com:10000, you may be prompted for the SSL username & password. The Webmin login screen will appear.

Webmin Opening Screen

 

Once logged into Webmin, click on the green down arrows to expand menus.

Logged In

 

 

Use the Changing Languages & Themes menu option to change the look and language of Webmin. 

 Webmin Language & Themes

 

Webmin Actions logs what changes have been done to the server through the Webmin interface. Actions can be searched by Webmin users, modules, by dates, modified a specific file. Actions can include changes to a file too. 

Webmin Actions Log

 

Drupal backups can be made through the Filesystem Backup menu. Detailed instructions are in the Drupal Backups page of the ThetaJoin Hosting Guide. Even though ThetaJoin handles full server weekly, daily & custom file and MySQL backups, client managed backups are very important and are part of the full disaster recovery plan.

Drupal Backups

 

Webmin can be used to schedule Cron jobs that Drupal requires for proper operation. Detailed instructions can be found in the Cron Configuration page of the ThetaJoin Hosting Guide.

Drupal Cron Jobs

 

Webmin provides access to all installed server documentation.

Searching System Documentation

 

Having the ability to view system logs can help pinpoint problems with your Drupal website.

Viewing System Logs

 

Webmin provides access to the MySQL Database Server. ThetaJoin provides phpMyAdmin as well, and it's our preferred interface to MySQL running on your server. phpMyAdmin is described in detail in the Using phpMyAdmin page of the ThetaJoin Hosting Guide. You may be prompted for the MySQL root user password. This has been provided, enter it in the password field.

 MySQL Logged In

 

Webmin provides a full featured File Manager interface into your webserver directory. File system access is locked into /var/www. You'll have the ability to upload, download, delete, rename, copy, cut, and paste files. The File Manager supports the extraction for compressed files. Compressing files before copying to your ThetaJoin server lessens transfer time, then extraction can happen on the server. The Webmin File Manage requires JavaTM to be installed on your computer in order to function.

Webmin File Manager

 

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