Latest Webmin Installation Review

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, 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.

Install Webmin in Debian

Download webmin from here if you are using Debian, Ubuntu or other derived Linux download .deb package

We are going take a look at webmin 1.300 latest version from webmin

Now you need to run the following command to install webmin

#dpkg –install webmin_1.300_all.deb

If you have the following error message

(Reading database … 35761 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace webmin 1.300 (using webmin_1.300_all.deb) …
Unpacking replacement webmin …
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of webmin:
webmin depends on libnet-ssleay-perl; however:
Package libnet-ssleay-perl is not installed.
webmin depends on libauthen-pam-perl; however:
Package libauthen-pam-perl is not installed.
webmin depends on libio-pty-perl; however:
Package libio-pty-perl is not installed.
dpkg: error processing webmin (–install):
dependency problems – leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
webmin

Solution for the above error

#apt-get install libnet-ssleay-perl

Now you run the following command

#dpkg –install webmin_1.300_all.deb

This time installation will complete with out any problem and you should see the following message

Setting up webmin (1.300) …
Webmin install complete. You can now login to https://yourmachinename:10000/ as root with your root password, or as any user who can use sudo to run commands as root.

Now you need to go https://yourmachinename:10000/ and you should see the following screen

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Login using your root as username and password as your root password once you login you should see the following screen

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This is having different sections in webmin i.e webmin,system,servers,networking,hardware,cluster,other

System section screen

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Servers Section Screen

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Networking section Screen

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Hardware Section Screen

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Cluster Section Screen

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Other Section Screen

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Webmin Themes Screenshots

old webmin theme

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caldera theme

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MSC.Linux Theme

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Simple blue theme

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Conclusion:-

The latest version of webmin is very good and much improved than earlier versions and one more feature is debian user can install a Debian package from webmin available modules.Even more advanced administrators will find it useful. It allows different levels of access to different users so that you can delegate tasks. All over this is very good release from webmin.

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