How to Install Latest Webmin on CentOS/RHEL 7/6 and Fedora 31/30

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    Webmin is a web hosting control panel like Cpanel which provides easy to use interface for managing Unix-like systems. It provides options to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. It is the best web control panel that is freely available.

    install latest webmin

    This article will help you to install and configure Webmin on CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora systems. Kindly go through the below steps. At the time of the last update of this article Webmin 1.941 is the latest available version to download and install.

    Prerequsities

    The following are the optional dependencies for the Webmin. You can install them using below command:

    yum -y install wget perl perl-Net-SSLeay openssl perl-IO-Tty perl-Encode-Detect perl-Data-Dumper

    Download Webmin RPM

    Webmin RPMs are available on its official site. Download it from there or use below command to download. Webmin provides a noarch file, so I can be easily installed on any architecture system. Also, download the GPG key for Webmin

    cd /opt
wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
wget http://www.webmin.com/download/rpm/webmin-current.rpm

    Install Latest Webmin

    After downloading the latest Webmin rpm, use the following command to install or update it. You must import the GPG key before installing Webmin packages on your system.

    rpm --import jcameron-key.asc
rpm -Uvh webmin-current.rpm

    Access Webmin in Browser

    Webmin by default works on port 10000. Access your server on port 10000 using FQDN or IP, and log in with username root and system root password.

    https://localhost:10000

    Install Latest Webmin

    FAQs:-

    How to Start/Stop Webmin Service

    Webmin provides an init script to start or stop its service. Use the below commands to do it.

    /etc/init.d/webmin start
/etc/init.d/webmin stop
/etc/init.d/webmin restart
/etc/init.d/webmin status

    How to Change/Reset Webmin root Password

    In order to change Webmin root account password use following command. ( Note: It will not change your systems root password )

    /usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root secretpassword

    How to Change Webmin default Port

    If you do not want to run Webmin with a default port, use the below steps to change the default port.

    Login Webmin as root >> Webmin >> Webmin Configuration >> Ports and Addresses… you can change port there.

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    18 Comments

    2. Bruce Cook on

      Hi, Downloaded the files referenced. Trying to install it, but getting these errors, please advise:

      [[email protected] ~]# cd /opt
      [[email protected] opt]# ls
      jcameron-key.asc quest rh storix webmin-current.rpm
      [[email protected] opt]# rpm –import jcameron-key.asc
      [[email protected] opt]# rpm -Uvh webmin-current.rpm
      error: Failed dependencies:
      perl(Net::SSLeay) is needed by webmin-1.920-1.noarch
      perl(Encode::Detect) is needed by webmin-1.920-1.noarch
      [[email protected] opt]# rpm -qa | grep perl
      perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64
      perl-Filter-1.49-3.el7.x86_64
      perl-PathTools-3.40-5.el7.x86_64
      perl-Data-Dumper-2.145-3.el7.x86_64
      perl-Git-1.8.3.1-20.el7.noarch
      perl-Pod-Usage-1.63-3.el7.noarch
      perl-Time-Local-1.2300-2.el7.noarch
      perl-Carp-1.26-244.el7.noarch
      perl-Thread-Queue-3.02-2.el7.noarch
      perl-podlators-2.5.1-3.el7.noarch
      perl-Encode-2.51-7.el7.x86_64
      perl-threads-1.87-4.el7.x86_64
      perl-Time-HiRes-1.9725-3.el7.x86_64
      perl-File-Temp-0.23.01-3.el7.noarch
      perl-Socket-2.010-4.el7.x86_64
      perl-Error-0.17020-2.el7.noarch
      perl-TermReadKey-2.30-20.el7.x86_64
      perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-294.el7_6.noarch
      perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64
      perl-HTTP-Tiny-0.033-3.el7.noarch
      perl-Text-ParseWords-3.29-4.el7.noarch
      perl-Exporter-5.68-3.el7.noarch
      perl-threads-shared-1.43-6.el7.x86_64
      perl-Scalar-List-Utils-1.27-248.el7.x86_64
      perl-Getopt-Long-2.40-3.el7.noarch
      perl-Test-Harness-3.28-3.el7.noarch
      perl-parent-0.225-244.el7.noarch
      perl-constant-1.27-2.el7.noarch
      perl-Pod-Simple-3.28-4.el7.noarch
      perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64
      perl-srpm-macros-1-8.el7.noarch
      perl-Pod-Perldoc-3.20-4.el7.noarch
      perl-Storable-2.45-3.el7.x86_64
      perl-File-Path-2.09-2.el7.noarch
      perl-XML-Parser-2.41-10.el7.x86_64

      Thanks.

      Reply
    9. Anthony on

      What is the best way to set this up as an httpd/apache vhost so its managed by apache instead of webmin service?

      Thanks for the good article. Very simple.

      Reply
    14. Dean on

      Good tutorial. Only suggestion would be to add a note about disabling the firewall temporarily to allow access to view Webmin in the browser. Once in, change the port from 10000 and check the box to “Open new ports on firewall”, then enable the firewall again and all will be good.

      Reply

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