Virtualmin API command not found

[MacBadger]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	Debian 10
Webmin version	1.994
Virtualmin version	7.1-1

So I wanted to do a simple use of API, clone-domain, so i can run some tests on a site before going live.

When running ‘virtualmin clone-domain …’ I get command not found

virtualmin help give command not found

Event when looking, can see the scripts (in /usr/share/webmin/virtual-server).

seen both of these:-
http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/developer/cli/clone_domain/

No Command Line API

Our command line API for both virtualmin and webmin seems to be missing entirely. I ran a search (find / -name "filename.pl") for three separate perl scripts that I knew were included in the command line API, but they were nowhere to be found. Do I need to manually install it, or what? Thanks

None seem to apply.

Any ideas?
I am on GPL (small but growing charity that can’t quite justify, just yet, the cost). but believe this API command should work under GPL?

Any help appreciated

[calport]

@MacBadger

Event when looking, can see the scripts (in /usr/share/webmin/virtual-server).

Um, I don’t have Webmin under /usr/share on any of my servers. Did you install Virtualmin via the automated install script?

See https://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/installation/automated/#:~:text=work%20for%20you.-,Automated%20installation%20with%20install.sh,at%20the%20OS%20Support%20page.

[tpnsolutions]

@MacBadger,

To use the command line API, you issue the command:

virtualmin

Issuing the command above from the command line will give you a list of commands, and help you understand how to use those commands.

If you have specific questions, feel free to ask, I use the API quite often to automate tasks.

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[MacBadger]

@calport
Yes it was installed via script about a year ago- all went fine, no problems.

@tpnsolutions
Yes, as per my post, I have been using virtualmin command.

I did find now the GUI version of clone-domain, and that worked fine. But API commands wont work.

[tpnsolutions]

@MacBadger,

I’ll setup a test install and see if I can replicate the issue. It’s my understanding the API and GUI share most of if not all the same code, so both should work without issue. The GUI does do a lot of the heavy lifting like providing the required fields and values, perhaps when executed on CLI you are missing something.

[stefan1959]

so do you get the command list when you type in virtualmin

[Ilia]

@MacBadger

I did find now the GUI version of clone-domain, and that worked fine. But API commands wont work.

Perhaps, something went wrong?

To solve this, simply remove /usr/sbin/virtualmin file by running rm -f /usr/sbin/virtualmin comman, then go to Virtualmin UI and re-check configuration (by clicking on System Settings -> Re-Check Configuration link) to regenerate Virtualmin API helper command.