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Step 2: Webmin installation and configuration
It is time to get
Webmin running. Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for
UNIX. Using any browser that supports tables and forms (and Java for the File
Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, MySQL, file sharing
and so on.
Webmin consists of a simple web
server, and a number of CGI programs which directly update system files like
/etc/inetd.conf and /etc/passwd. The web server and all CGI programs are
written in Perl version 5, and use no non-standard Perl modules. Please get
more information about Webmin here:
http://www.webmin.com/
Honestly, we
really do not need Webmin to get everything running, but it is a wonderful tool
for a LINUX system administrator and it will help us to configure Apache and
MySQL but also to administer the database.
Please download webmin from the URL mentioned above and store in your
home directory. Get root permissions and install the rpm package like this:
su
rpm –i
webmin-1.220-1.noarch.rpm
After the installation please check if webmin is already running:
/etc/init.d/webmin status
If not, please start it like this:
/etc/init.d/webmin start
You can now access the Webmin
interface with your favourite browser using the following URLs:
http://localhost:10000 or https://IP-address:10000
Tip: If you are
not able to use the secure connection via ssl, please check if you have the
package perl-Net_SSLeay installed on
your system.
Please
login as root with a valid password.
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