Fedora 27: Install Webmin for web base system admin tool


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1 Install Webmin

Add Webmin repository.

$ cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo[Webmin]name=Webmin Distribution Neutral#baseurl=http://download.webmin.com/download/yummirrorlist=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum/mirrorlistenabled=1EOF$ wget -q sudo rpm –import jcameron-key.asc

Install Webmin.

$ sudo dnf install -y webmin$ sudo systemctl enable webmin

Open 10000/tcp.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –add-port=10000/tcp –permanent$ sudo firewall-cmd –reload

Set root password.

$ WEBMIN_PASSWD=webmin$ sudo /usr/libexec/webmin/changepass.pl /etc/webmin root ${WEBMIN_PASSWD}

Reboot machine.

$ sudo reboot

1.1 Change port

Change “port” and “listen” in /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf. Run “sudo systemctl restart webmin”.

$ sudo sed -e ‘s/^port=.*/port=10002/g’ -e ‘s/^listen=.*/listen=10002/g’ -i /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf$ sudo systemctl restart webmin

2 Access to Webmin

Access to 10000/tcp via https.

https://<server>:10000

Login with root user and WEBMIN_PASSWD password.

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