In this post i will guide you on how to install Webmin 1.550 using tar file. This post assume that the CentOS 5.5 has been installed. Please follow below steps to install the Webmin using tar file that downloaded from webmin website.
1. Download and extract the tar file.
[root@server ~]# cd /tmp [root@server tmp]# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.550.tar.gz [root@server tmp]# tar xzf webmin-1.550.tar.gz [root@server tmp]# cd webmin-1.550
2. Run ./setup.sh to install the webmin.
[root@server webmin-1.550]# ./setup.sh *********************************************************************** * Welcome to the Webmin setup script, version 1.550 * *********************************************************************** Webmin is a web-based interface that allows Unix-like operating systems and common Unix services to be easily administered. Installing Webmin in /tmp/webmin-1.550 ... *********************************************************************** Webmin uses separate directories for configuration files and log files. Unless you want to run multiple versions of Webmin at the same time you can just accept the defaults. Config file directory [/etc/webmin]: Log file directory [/var/webmin]: *********************************************************************** Webmin is written entirely in Perl. Please enter the full path to the Perl 5 interpreter on your system. Full path to perl (default /usr/bin/perl): Testing Perl ... Perl seems to be installed ok *********************************************************************** Operating system name: CentOS Linux Operating system version: 5.5 *********************************************************************** Webmin uses its own password protected web server to provide access to the administration programs. The setup script needs to know : - What port to run the web server on. There must not be another web server already using this port. - The login name required to access the web server. - The password required to access the web server. - If the webserver should use SSL (if your system supports it). - Whether to start webmin at boot time. Web server port (default 10000): Login name (default admin): Login password: Password again: Use SSL (y/n): y Start Webmin at boot time (y/n): y *********************************************************************** Creating web server config files.. ..done Creating access control file.. ..done Inserting path to perl into scripts.. ..done Creating start and stop scripts.. ..done Copying config files.. ..done Configuring Webmin to start at boot time.. Created init script /etc/rc.d/init.d/webmin ..done Creating uninstall script /etc/webmin/uninstall.sh .. ..done Changing ownership and permissions .. ..done Running postinstall scripts .. ..done Enabling background status collection .. ..done Attempting to start Webmin mini web server.. Starting Webmin server in /tmp/webmin-1.550 Pre-loaded WebminCore ..done *********************************************************************** Webmin has been installed and started successfully. Use your web browser to go to https://server.intranet.local:10000/ and login with the name and password you entered previously. Because Webmin uses SSL for encryption only, the certificate it uses is not signed by one of the recognized CAs such as Verisign. When you first connect to the Webmin server, your browser will ask you if you want to accept the certificate presented, as it does not recognize the CA. Say yes.
