How to Install Latest Webmin on CentOS/RHEL 7/6 and Fedora 31/30
Abstract: 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
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.
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.
PrerequsitiesThe 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-DumperDownload 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.rpmInstall 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.rpmAccess 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:10000FAQs:-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 statusHow 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 secretpasswordHow 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.