Dovecote stuck under "unused modules"

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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Operating System: AlmaLinux 9.6 (Sage Margay)
Webmin version 2.520

I can’t get Dovecote to appear anywhere but unused modules. I installed it from Webmin, it is set to run at startup and the config file is properly linked to webmin. I tried restarting webmin, deleting it’s modules cache and restarting / refreshing.

Any Webmin pros know idea why this happening?

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Usually the module will give a hint or show what configuration it is expecting. Can you screenshot what you see when you click on the module?

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Is it configured to start at boot?
Webmin doesn’t control this, its just a control panel, the install of webmin doesn’t start things for you.

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I thought it just looked for the configuration files, not if it is running.

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Pretty sure it needs to be a running service to show, otherwise its considered a unused module.

Maybe i’m wrong

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Try the refresh modules.

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Restart the server, not webmin

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The problem was… or at least the fix. Was that I was only using Webmin. When you add Virtualmin it works as intended, and that is what I wanted anyway.

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Did you follow this guide?

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It does not need the service running. Every module has its own way of checking, defined by the module itself, in the file install_check.pl, but it’s usually some config file in the Webmin core modules. It does not require it to be running, because that would mean any newly installed service would be hidden and not easy to find to configure and start it.

In the case of Dovecot, it checks for the existence of the dovecot command and the config file configured in the module configuration:

# install_check.pl

do 'dovecot-lib.pl';

# is_installed(mode)
# For mode 1, returns 2 if the server is installed and configured for use by
# Webmin, 1 if installed but not configured, or 0 otherwise.
# For mode 0, returns 1 if installed, 0 if not
sub is_installed
{
return 0 if (!&has_command($config{'dovecot'}) ||
             !&get_config_file());
return $_[0] ? 2 : 1;
}
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