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Webmin Administrator's Cookbook

By : Michal Karzynski
Book Image

Webmin Administrator's Cookbook

By: Michal Karzynski

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Webmin Administrator's Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Restoring configuration files from backup


If you use Webmin to create backups of configuration files, you can use them later to restore system settings if you run into problems with the changes that you made since the backup.

How to do it...

To restore the configuration backups, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Webmin | Backup Configuration Files.

  2. Select the Restore now tab.

  3. From the Modules to restore list, select the module associated with the software whose configuration you would like to restore, for instance, Webmin Configuration.

  4. Set Restore from to Local file, click the ellipsis () button to bring up the file chooser, and select the backup file.

    Tip

    You may also choose a file located on a remote FTP or SSH server, or upload a file from the computer you're using to connect to Webmin.

  5. Set Apply configurations? to Yes.

  6. Set Just show what will be restored? to No.

  7. Click the Restore Now button.

How it works...

Webmin keeps an index of files used by each module inside the backup archive. When you select...