Virtualmin CL create-domain without cert

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hello - i am creating a ‘test’ VM like so:

virtualmin create-domain --domain test.com --pass abcdefg --dir --unix --dns --web ;

but this is creating a ssl cert.

is there a way to ‘skip’ the ssl cert creation using the command-line? i dont see a way mentioned here.

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version rockylinux-10
Webmin version 2.402.202508141704
Virtualmin version 7.30.202508141311
Webserver version apache 2.4.63
Related packages SUGGESTED
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I’d ‘ass’ ‘u’ ‘me’ that Virtualmin still uses prescribed settings even if it is command line unless specifically over ridden?

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I would have thought that as well, but apparently not…?

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Are you saying you’ve turned off Request SSL certificate from provider at domain creation time (set to No and saved it) and it still tries to get a cert when you create from CLI? That’d be a bug.

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You should disable Apache SSL as a default chained feature:

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thank you!

with these great suggestions, i was able to easily reverse-engineer where the setting is:

/usr/bin/sed  --in-place  --expression='s/^ssl=3$/ssl=2/;' /etc/webmin/virtual-server/config    ;   ## 2025-08-15

our goal is to have several bash-shell scripts that really does everything regarding installation so i an very quickly recreate a server if necessary.

here is the relevant portion:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://download.virtualmin.dev/virtualmin-install.sh)"  \
                      --                                  \
                      --bundle LAMP                       \
                      --branch unstable                   \
                      --hostname host.HOSTNAME.info       \
                      --yes
                      ## for a pre-release  (--yes assumes yes for all prompts)
/usr/bin/sed  --in-place  --expression='s/^longname=0$/longname=1/;'                  /etc/webmin/virtual-server/config    ; 
/usr/bin/sed  --in-place  --expression='s/^ssl=3$/ssl=2/;'                           /etc/webmin/virtual-server/config    ;   ## new line

/usr/bin/sed  --in-place  --expression='s/^featurelimits=$/featurelimits=dns web/;'   /etc/webmin/virtual-server/plans/0   ; 

virtualmin  create-domain  --domain test-domain --pass  abcdefg --dir  --unix  --dns  --web  ;  
##         --dns and --web are the ONLY two options requested

it might be nice in a future release to include new options like “–create-ssl” and/or “–skip-ssl” with the virtualmin create-domain; command. right now using the website method vs using the CL gives slightly different results.

i realize this is VERY minor, but i thought it might be worth mentioning.

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not really a bug since this is more of a minor inconsistency, and perhaps a feature suggestion.

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