modify-web

Change a virtual server’s web configuration

This script can update the PHP and web forwarding settings for one or more virtual servers. Like other scripts, the servers to change are selecting using the --domain or --all-domains parameters.

To change the method Virtualmin uses to run CGI scripts, use the --mode parameter followed by one of none, cgi, fcgid or fpm. Or you can use --default-mode to switch to the default defined in the domain’s template.

When using FPM mode, you can configure process manager mode, like dynamic, static or ondemand with the --php-fpm-mode flag.

Additionally, when using FPM mode, you can configure webserver to use a socket file for communication with the FPM server with the --php-fpm-socket flag. Or switch back to using a TCP port with the --php-fpm-port flag.

If your system has more than one version of PHP installed, the version to use for a domain can be set with the --php-version parameter, followed by a number (7.4 or 8.2).

If Virtualmin runs PHP via FastCGI, you can set the number of PHP sub-processes with the --php-children parameter or using --php-children-no-check parameter to skip recommended checks, or turn off the automatic startup of sub-processes with --no-php-children. Similarly, the maximum run-time of a PHP script can be set with --php-timeout, or set to unlimited with --no-php-timeout.

PHP error logging can be enabled with the --php-log flag, followed by a path like logs/php.log. Alternately you can opt to use the default path with the --default-php-log flag, or turn logging off with the flag --no-php-log.

If your Apache configuration contains unsupported mod_php directives, the --cleanup-mod-php flag can be used to remove them from a virtual server. This is primarily useful if the Apache module has been disabled, but not all directives have been cleaned up.

The --proxy parameter can be used to have the website proxy all requests to another URL, which must follow --proxy. To disable this, the --no-proxy parameter must be given.

The --framefwd parameter similarly can be used to forward requests to the virtual server to another URL, using a hidden frame rather than proxying. To turn it off, using the --no-framefwd option. To specify a title for the forwarding frame page, use --frametitle.

If Ruby is installed, the execution mode for scripts in that language can be set with the --ruby-mode flag, followed by either --mod_ruby, --cgi or --fcgid. This has no effect on scripts using the Rails framework though, as they always run via a Mongrel proxy.

You can also replace a website’s pages using Virtualmin’s content style, If --content parameter is given, it will be used in default style web page.

To enable the webmail and admin DNS entries for the selected domains (which redirect to Usermin and Webmin by default), the --webmail flag can be used. This will make both the DNS and Apache configuration changes needed. To turn them off, use the --no-webmail flag.

To have Apache configured to accept requests for any sub-domain, use the --matchall command-line flag. This will also add a * DNS entry if needed. To turn this feature off, use the --no-matchall flag.

To enable server-side includes for this virtual server, use the --includes flag followed by an extension like .html or .shtml. To disable includes, use the --no-includes flag.

To make a virtual server the default served by Apache for its IP address, use the --default-website flag. This lets you control which domain’s contents appear if someone accesses your system via a URL with only an IP address, rather than a domain name.

To change the HTTP port the selected virtual servers listen on, use the --port flag followed by a port number. For SSL websites, you can also use the --ssl-port flag.

Alternately, you can change the HTTP port that Virtualmin uses in URLs referencing this domain with the --url-port flag. For SSL websites, you can also use the --ssl-url-port flag.

If the domain’s SSL certificate was requested from Let’s Encrypt, you can turn on automatic renewal when close to expiry with the --letsencrypt-renew flag. Alternately, renewal can be disabled with the --no-letsencrypt-renew parameter.

If the domain is sharing an SSL certificate with another domain (because it’s CN matches both of them), you can use the --break-ssl-cert flag to stop sharing and allow this domain’s cert to be re-generated. Conversely, if the server isn’t sharing a cert but could, the --link-ssl-cert flag can be used to enable sharing.

To change the domain’s HTML directory, use the --document-dir flag followed by a path relative to the domain’s home. Alternately, if the Apache config has been modified outside of Virtualmin and you just want to detect the new path, use the --fix-document-dir flag. If you want the directory to be renamed as well as updated in the webserver configuration, use the --move-document-dir flag. Note that this flag cannot be used for sub-domains, as their HTML directory is under the parent’s HTML dir.

However, for sub-domains you can adjust the HTML sub-directory with the --subprefix path followed by a directory relative to the parent’s public_html dir. Or use --move-subprefix to actually move the directory as well.

To force re-generated of TLSA DNS records after the SSL cert is manually modified, use the --sync-tlsa flag.

If your system supports FCGIwrap for running CGI scripts, you can use the --enable-fcgiwrap flag to switch to it instead of using suEXEC, or --disable-fcgiwrap to switch back.

If your webserver supports multiple HTTP protocols, you can use the --protocols flag to choose which are enabled for the website. This flag must be followed by some combination of http/1.1, h2 and h2c. To revert to the default protocols for your webserver, use the --default-protocols flag.

Command line help

virtualmin modify-web --domain name | --all-domains
                     [--mode cgi|fcgid|fpm | --default-mode]
                     [--php-children|--php-children-no-check number | --no-php-children]
                     [--php-version num]
                     [--php-timeout seconds | --no-php-timeout]
                     [--php-fpm-port | --php-fpm-socket]
                     [--php-fpm-mode dynamic|static|ondemand]
                     [--php-log filename | --no-php-log | --default-php-log]
                     [--cleanup-mod-php]
                     [--proxy http://... | --no-proxy]
                     [--framefwd http://... | --no-framefwd]
                     [--frametitle "title" ]
                     [--ruby-mode none|mod_ruby|cgi|fcgid]
                     [--content text|filename]
                     [--webmail | --no-webmail]
                     [--matchall | --no-matchall]
                     [--includes extension | --no-includes]
                     [--default-website]
                     [--access-log log-path]
                     [--error-log log-path]
                     [--document-dir subdirectory |
                      --move-document-dir subdirectory |
                      --subprefix subdirectory |
                      --move-subprefix subdirectory |
                      --fix-document-dir]
                     [--port number] [--ssl-port number]
                     [--url-port number] [--ssl-url-port number]
                     [--fix-options]
                     [--letsencrypt-renew | --no-letsencrypt-renew]
                     [--break-ssl-cert | --link-ssl-cert]
                     [--enable-fcgiwrap | --disable-fcgiwrap]
                     [--sync-tlsa]
                     [--add-directive "name value"]
                     [--remove-directive "name value"]
                     [--protocols "proto .." | --default-protocols]

Change a virtual server’s web configuration#

Command line help#

Change a virtual server’s web configuration

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