On 28 January 2016 at 20:32, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
I presume you mean by virtual server, a server in some ISP's server racks that you're renting. If instead you mean a virtualised server running as a virtual machine on your own kit then this isn't relevant!
Yes, although I don't see why it wouldn't apply on a VM on my own kit (and for me that case would be useful too, although it isn't what prompted the enquiry).
Not quite what you're after but Webmin (webadmin) is a capable remote admin in a browser.
It is indeed, and I use VirtualMin (which is WebMin with hosting bells and whistles added) in a couple of places, although I think it's just shielded me for learning stuff that I could do more quickly without it. However there is a fairly big overhead sitting there 24/7 just to allow me to make occasional config file changes.
(I say "me", but I'm happy doing it via SSH. The desire for a GUI is for others who are less used to commandline config.)
If the virtual server is running a gui
It won't be. In this case all it needs to do is provide FTP services (no web/db), although I have several VMs out there which do web/email/db stuff, none of which have desktop environments, most of them with around 512MB RAM..
Mark