Install webmin on mandriva linux
This tutorial will show you how to install webmin, which is a user friendly program with a gui. That will allow you to administer many different types of servers, such as ftp, apache, dhcp, mysql and many other type of servers. In this tutorial I will be using Mandriva 2008.1 i586 power pack distro, but this tutorial should work with previous mandriva releases and other linux distro’s using urpmi package management.
For other releases of linux please refer to Webmin.net for further information. Before we install webmin on our linux server, we must first configure mandriva media sources for the latest version and updates for mandriva and webmin. To configure mandriva for updates first click on:
- Menu Button
- Tools
- System Tools
- Configure your Computer
- Login as Root
- Configure media sources install and updates
After you follow these steps, you should now have a windows that appears like the picture below. Now click on update sources only and the full update sources, selecting a mirror that is nearby.
After you install the update and full sources, you should now have a windows that looks like the image below.
After you have added online media sources, you are going to want to remove the cd-rom sources from the media source list. The reason you are going to want to remove cd-rom media sources, since this will allow you to be able to remotely update your server. After you uncheck the cd-rom media sources, your media source list should resemble the image below.
Installing Webmin using mandriva software management
To install webmin using the software management program provided by mandriva, first open the program by going to:
- Menu
- Tools
- System Tools
- Configure your Computer
- Install & Remove Software
- Now make the first two drop down box read all and type in webmin into the search bar
- Then check the webmin file, then press apply.
Install webmin with shell or terminal
- Open a terminal or shell prompt
- Type: su
- Type: Root password
- Type: urpmi webmin
- Select “yes” to install any dependencies.
This is how the install process should look like.
After you have installed webmin, you now need to start the program. To start webmin in mandriva, open a terminal and login in as su. Then type in “webmin start”.
After you have started webmin, you can now start using webmin by opening a web browser and typing in one of the following:
- https://ipaddress:10000 (<– You can find your ip address by opening a terminal as root and typing “ifconfig” should be under inet addr. Use this option if you are administering your server remotely.)
- https://localhost:10000 (<– Use this option if your are administering your server locally.)
After you have located your webmin program, all you have to do now is accept the certificate.
To log into webmin, type root for the user name and then type your root password for the password.
That is it, you are all set. I recommend updating webmin by selecting Webmin Configurations, then go to webmin updates.
