webmin-1.810 Installation

Installing the tar.gz file

Before downloading Webmin, you must already has Perl 5 installed on your system. Perl is usually installed as /usr/local/bin/perl or /usr/bin/perl, and comes as part of the most recent vers Ions of Linux. If you don't have Perl, you can download the source from Http://www.perl.com/and compile it for your system. Most operating systems come with Perl these days, so check your operating system CD or website for a package as well.

To download the Webmin tar.gz package, either follow the link in the Downloads page, or run commands like:[[email protected] /]# cd /tmp
[[email protected] /tmp]# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.810.tar.gz


When unpacked, the distribution creates a subdirectory called webmin-1.810 under the current directory. Since Recent versions of Webmin support installation to a directory of your choice, you can pick a destination directory such as/usr/local/webmin. Then run the following commands in the directory containing thewebmin-1.810.tar.gz file:[[email protected] /tmp]# gunzip webmin-1.810.tar.gz
[[email protected] /tmp]# tar xf webmin-1.810.tar
[[email protected] /tmp]# cd webmin-1.810
[[email protected] /tmp/webmin-1.810]# ./setup.sh /usr/local/webmin


When the setup.sh script is run, it'll ask the following questions:

• The Webmin configuration directory
  The directory in which all Webmin configuration information is stored. This was now separate from the Webmin install directory, so that configurations was saved when you upgrade.
  If you have previously installed Webmin and use the same config directory, this is the only question asked.

• The Webmin log directory
  The location for PID and webserver log files.

• The full path-to-Perl on your system
  This is Usually/usr/bin/perl Or/usr/local/bin/perl

• Your Operating System Type
  In Webmin versions 0.990 and above, this question are only asked if your operating system cannot be automatically determine D.
  The setup script would display a list of supported systems. If your OS is isn't on the list, you can try choosing the closest match. However this properly, and may even cause serious problems!

• Web Server Port
  The TCP port that the Webmin Web server would listen on.

• Web Server login and password
  The login name and password used to acess the Webmin Web server.

• WEB Server hostname
  The hostname of the machine on which Webmin would run.

• Use SSL
  This question is asked if your system has the Perl SSL libraries installed. See below for more:

• Start Webmin at boot time
  If your OS is supported, Webmin would ask if you want to has it automatically started at boot time.

Assuming answer all the above questions correctly, the Webmin Web server would be started and the setup script would giv E The URL to go. Enter this URL to your browser, and you'll be prompted for the login and password so you choose in setup.sh . Once you has logged in your browser should show the main Webmin page, on which are an icon for each module you have instal Led.

Typically can connect to Webmin at Http://localhost:10000/. Or if accessing it remotely, replace localhost with your system ' s IP address.

If you installed Webmin by specifying a installation directory parameter to setup.shas the instructions above SH OW, the original webmin-1.810 directory can now be safely deleted.

webmin-1.810 Installation