Server virtualmin default page loading but showing different hostname

[anthonyinit2012]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	Debian 12
Webmin version	Latest
Virtualmin version	Latest
Webserver version	?
Related packages	?

Hello all,

After clean install i did change my sudo nano /etc/hostname
sudo nano /etc/hosts

I removed the one already in the file and add new one like this: vps1.mydomainname.net

After restart the server i try to load the my control panel with the url https://vps1.mydomainname.net:10000 and i get error.

When i go to the same url without the port number https://vps1.mydomainname.net i was able to get the default page and it is showing different (old hostname)

I’ve done changes in contabo customer panel and edit the reverse DNS

I can only log into my virtualmin via old hostname which is showing on the default page

I don’t know how to solve this issue. please advice.

I’m using cloudflare domain and cloudflare DNS

[Joe]

I can’t figure out what the problem is from your description.

Reverse DNS has nothing to do with anything other than mail delivery.

@anthonyinit2012

After restart the server i try to load the my control panel with the url https://vps1.mydomainname.net:10000 and i get error.

What error?

Are you sure your DNS is right? (Not reverse DNS. The forward DNS A record for this domain name…does it point to your server IP? Are you sure? Check it with host or nslookup on your client computer.)

[Joe]

@anthonyinit2012

When i go to the same url without the port number https://vps1.mydomainname.net i was able to get the default page and it is showing different (old hostname)

This is some variant of “the wrong site shows up”. We have a FAQ for that. And, it almost certainly has nothing to do with Webmin/Virtualmin. They don’t run under Apache, so Apache problems cannot be, in any way, related to Webmin/Virtualmin problems (unless DNS is wrong, and you’re not talking to the server you think you are).

Troubleshooting Websites

It can be a few different forms of misconfigurations WRT to VirtualHosts. Could be IPv6 misconfigured, could be a mix of * and IP-based VirtualHosts, could be wrong IP in IP-based VirtualHosts.

[calport]

@anthonyinit2012

After clean install i did change my sudo nano /etc/hostname
sudo nano /etc/hosts

I removed the one already in the file and add new one like this: vps1.mydomainname.net

I have installed Virtualmin on Contabo many times. I did not have to carry out the above operations and Virtualmin has worked flawlessly when I install it.

Why don’t you install Virtualmin on a freshly installed OS and let the Virtualmin installer ask your for the hostname? The entire idea of using a GUI and an install wizard is to avoid human error - be it due to syntax and parameters in the CLI or simple typography.

You should use Virtualmin for operations if you are installing Virtualmin on your server.

[anthonyinit2012]

After install the OS and if change the hostname is this the correct way?

This is VPS not a Dedicated server

[jimr1]

Just wondering why you have to change it ? It’s not used for too much, I would hope your provider has set the ptr record to match their predefind hostname, if that’s the case mail services will work correctly and of course when you add a virtual server virtualmin will configure webmin and the installed webserver to connect to the domain you have created and of course webmin/virtualmin through that domain name

[stefan1959]

You have webmin, use that and apply changes. Not sure why use use contaboservers name as well, surely you have domain name you can use

[anthonyinit2012]

Here is what i did

Do i have to remove the search domain what was already there?

If i don’t fix this sometimes my email having issues.

[calport]

Subdomain, not domain.

The hostname should be a subdomain always, so in the box marked “Add my domain here” in the image above, it should be subdomain and not domain.

[shoulders]

i.e. virtualmin.mydomain.com

[anthonyinit2012]

I think everything is fine now both area showing the same host name now. i was able to log into my control panel using the same name with the port.

Eg. server.mydomain.net:10000

Just want to thank you all for your kind support