{"id":304,"date":"2012-05-18T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2012-11-19T09:21:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T14:21:57","slug":"webmin-makes-a-sys-admins-life-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/webmin-makes-a-sys-admins-life-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Webmin makes a sys-admin\u2019s life easier"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find\u00a0webmin to be very useful on\u00a0the Linux OS. This\u00a0makes my\u00a0life easier, especially if you have very little linux experience. Here is how to install it manually:<\/p>\n

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  1. Use Putty to SSH to your vm<\/li>\n
  2. Logon as root\/root and run these commands:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Notes:<\/p>\n

    a. The path where\u00a0wget resides may be different in your server.<\/p>\n

    b. Download the latest version of webmin.<\/p>\n

    cd \/root\r\n\/usr\/sfw\/bin\/wget http:\/\/prdownloads.sourceforge.net\/webadmin\/webmin-1.480.tar.gz\r\ngunzip webmin-1.480.tar.gz\r\ntar xf webmin-1.480.tar\r\ncd webmin-1.480\r\nsudo .\/setup.sh \/usr\/local\/webmin<\/pre>\n
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    1. A setup program runs now. Basically I accepted all options as default (just keep pressing enter!)<\/li>\n
    2. At one point it will ask for a username and password. I left the username as admin and entered a password (twice)<\/li>\n
    3. I\u00a0also allowed it to start webmin at system startup.<\/li>\n
    4. Press y and enter<\/li>\n
    5. That\u2019s it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Note: I use the tar file (NOT the deb file for webmin for Debian Linux). I wasted a few hrs trying to fix the dependencies. Then I broke down and used the tar. Works fine! No issues<\/p>\n
      Now go to http:\/\/server-name:10000<\/a> and logon with the name and password you entered previously.<\/p>\n
      Note:\u00a0I am using an old version of webmin here. I have seen that new versions of webmin dont work properly on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server. However I have not tried the very latest one yet [version 1.550]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      I find\u00a0webmin to be very useful on\u00a0the Linux OS. This\u00a0makes my\u00a0life easier, especially if you have very little linux experience. Here is how to install it manually: Use Putty to SSH to your vm Logon as root\/root and run these commands: Notes: a. The path where\u00a0wget resides may be different in your server. b. Download the latest version of webmin. cd \/root \/usr\/sfw\/bin\/wget http:\/\/prdownloads.sourceforge.net\/webadmin\/webmin-1.480.tar.gz gunzip webmin-1.480.tar.gz tar xf webmin-1.480.tar cd webmin-1.480 sudo .\/setup.sh \/usr\/local\/webmin   A setup program runs now. Basically I accepted all options as default (just keep pressing enter!) At one point it will ask for a username and password. I left the username as admin and entered a password (twice) I\u00a0also allowed it to start webmin at system startup. Press y and enter That\u2019s it! Note: I use the tar file (NOT the deb file for webmin for Debian Linux). I wasted a few hrs trying to fix the dependencies. Then I broke down and used the tar. Works fine! No issues Now go to http:\/\/server-name:10000 and logon with the name and password you entered previously. Note:\u00a0I am using an old version of webmin here. I have seen that new versions of webmin dont work properly on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server. However I have not tried the very latest one yet [version 1.550]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[42,29,41],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-itsys","tag-linux","tag-system-administration","tag-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}