How to install webmin on CentOS/Redhat 7

Install webmin on CentOS 7

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely. See the standard modules page for a list of all the functions built into Webmin

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INSTALLATION STEPS:-

Step-1: 

mkdir /download
cd /download

Step-2: Download the rpm file from webmin.com

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.791-1.src.rpm

Once you finish download make sure you have perl package installed, as webmin is a perl application it will check the package when initial installation process begin if it is there it will continue so let’s install perl packages first.

yum -y install perl perl-Net-SSLeay openssl perl-IO-Tty

Step-3: Now install webmin from '.rpm' file we downloaded.

rpm -ivUh webmin-1.791-1.src.rpm

Method-2: How to Install webmin using Yum Command.

Another way to install webmin on your CentOS 7 Box using Yum Command, since webmin is not in CentOS default Repositories, we have to create webmin repository before installation.

Step-1: Frist step is to create the repository file.

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo

Copy and paste the below code into the file.

[Webmin]
name=Webmin Distribution Neutral
#baseurl=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum
mirrorlist=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum/mirrorlist
enabled=1

Save and exit.

Step-2: Now download the GPG key using the below command.

wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc

Import the GPG Key

rpm –import jcameron-key.asc

Step-3: Finally you can install the webmin using Yum command.

yum install webmin –y

Now open http://serverip:10000 in your browser, you could see the below screen after login ( Use root username and password ).

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