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OS type and version | CentOS 7 |
Webmin version | 1.994 |
Cloudmin version | 9.6 KVM |
Hi,
I have been using Virtualmin for 7 years now but I think I need Cloudmin. The reason I think I need Cloudmin are as follows:
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One of the sites that we run has a 10 GB database. When trying to backup the database, the entire server becomes slow. I believe that if we have Cloudmin and use the snapshot feature then backups will be much faster. Please let me know if this is a wrong assumption.
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Some of the sites are taking too much resources. I know Virtualmin Pro has a resource limit option but with Cloudmin I can limit the resources too.
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Some of our sites run on PHP 5.6 (I know…I know…but I can’t help help if the client doesn’t want to upgrade). I want to run those sites in a separate instance than the rest of the sites.
So those are my reasons for choosing Cloudmin (please correct me if I am wrong). However I am new to it and have some questions before I purchase the Pro version of Cloudmin. I have installed Cloudmin on a new server but I have some newbie questions. Here are the questions.
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Do I need to have to install Cloudmin on a LVM to be able to take snapshots? Right now when I go to Resources->Disk Snapshots I get this error:
This system does not support snapshots : Only systems using LVM for disk images can be snapshotted
. Is there a documentation link/tutorial as to how to setup the LVM for Cloudmin? -
Does Cloudmin manage it’s own DNS? For e.g., if I create a new KVM instance then can I manage the DNS from my domain provider? Or am I supposed to use Cloudmin as the DNS provider?
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If I have to use Cloudmin as the DNS provider, then how many nameservers do I configure on my domain providers side? I have seen this documentation but it mentions creating only one nameserver whereas all domain providers force you to create 2 nameservers. Should I create a duplicate nameserver like kmv2.mydomain.com and point it to the same IP?
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Is there a recommended configuration for Cloudmin? What I want to do is the following:
- Run one instance for PHP 5.6 codebase with it’s own MySQL.
- Run one instance for PHP 7 applications with it’s own MySQL.
- Each instance will have 4-6 websites
- I need to backup a total of 20 GB of website+MySQL data every weekend and 2 GB of incremental data every day.
I have 2 500 GB Nvme drives running in software Raid 1 configuration with 32 GB RAM on a E5-2620 v4 Broadwell Xeon processor.
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Once I buy the Cloudmin Pro license, is the Cloudmin Services part that I have to use mainly?
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Lastly, do you or anyone else provide a setup/installation/configuration service for Cloudmin Pro for a fee?
Thanks in advance.