What is the Virtualmin tool?

Virtualmin is a Open Source web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. Backups of Virtualmin can stored to Contabo's Object Storage. Please follow the installation instructions here if you're interested in using Virtualmin.

You will need the following information to setup Virtualmin with Contabo's Object Storage:

• access_key
• secret_key
• Contabo's S3 URL
• your bucket name

How do I setup Virtualmin to work with Contabo's Object Storage?

Please follow the steps below in order to use Contabo's Object Storage as backup storage for Vitualmin:

1. Select Cloud Storage Providers under Virtualmin -> Backup and Restore. You should see something like this:
   
   
2. Click on  Amazon S3. You should see the configuration page like this:
   
   
3. Set the following settings:
   For Default S3 login choose Entered below ...
   Access key = 82046e8110804a43bf29c1ae426a724d
   Secret Key = 82e69bd7a52076c527154297a76c2233
   For S3-compatible server hostname specify your relevant Contabo S3 URL by not choosing Use Amazon S3
4. Click Save
5. Either via Backup Virtual Server (=manual Backup) or via Scheduled Backups (=automated backups) you will be able to see Destination and format like in following screenshot:
   
   
6. Specify following values:
   Backup destinations = Amazon S3 bucket
   Bucket and path = virtualmin/backups
7. Click Backup now or Create Schedule depending of you are coming from manual or automated backups.