Downloading and Installing

A tar/gzip archive containing the current Webmin distribution is available for download from: webmin-0.990.tar.gz (Unix tar/gzip format, 5240 Kb) webmin-0.990-1.noarch.rpm (RPM suitable for Redhat, Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake or MSC Linux, 6022 Kb) webmin-0.990-1.src.rpm (Source RPM suitable for Redhat, Caldera, SuSE, Mandrake or MSC Linux, 5232 Kb) webmin-0.990.pkg.gz (Solaris package, 5232 Kb) Previous versions of Webmin are also available for downloading. View the change log for a list of new features in this version. Installing the RPM or Solaris Package If you are using the RPM version of webmin, run the command rpm -U webmin-0.990-1.noarch.rpm and the install will be done automatically to /usr/libexec/webmin, the username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to connect to it using the URL http://localhost:10000/ . If you are using the Solaris package version of webmin, gunzip the package file and then run the command pkgadd -d webmin-0.990.pkg and the install will be done automatically to /opt/webmin, the username set to root and the password to your root pasword. The perl binary is expected to be at /usr/local/bin/perl, so make a symbolic link to the correct perl path if necessary. After the install, go to the URL http://yourhost:10000/ to connect to your webmin server. Installing the tar.gz file Before downloading Webmin, you must already have Perl5 installed on your system. Perl is usually installed as /usr/local/bin/perl or /usr/bin/perl, and comes as part of most recent versions of Linux. If you don't have Perl, you can download the source from http://www.perl.com/ and compile it for your system. When unpacked, the distribution creates a subdirectory called webmin-0.990 under the current directory. So, if you want to install Webmin into /usr/local/webmin-0.990 you should do something like: [root@futplex ~]# cp webmin-0.990.tar.gz /usr/local [root@futplex ~]# cd /usr/local [root@futplex local]# gunzip webmin-0.990.tar.gz [root@futplex local]# tar xf webmin-0.990.tar [root@futplex local]# cd webmin-0.990 In the newly created directory is a script called setup.sh. When run, this script will ask for: The Webmin configuration directory The directory in which all Webmin configuration information is stored. This is now separate from the Webmin install directory, so that configurations are saved when you upgrade. If you have previously installed Webmin and use the same config directory, this will be the only question asked. The Webmin log directory The location for pid and webserver log files. The full path to perl on your system This is usually /usr/bin/perl or /usr/local/bin/perl Your Operating system type In Webmin versions 0.990 and above, this question is only asked if your operating system cannot be automatically determined. The setup script will display a list of supported systems. If your OS is not on the list, you can try choosing the closest match. However this may not work properly, and may even cause serious problems! Web server port The TCP port that the Webmin web server will listen on. Web server login and password The login name and password used to acess the Webmin web server. Web server hostname The hostname of the machine on which Webmin will run. Use SSL This question will only be asked if your system has the Perl SSL libraries installed. See below for more.. Start Webmin at boot time If your OS is supported, Webmin will ask if you want to have it automatically started at boot time. Assuming you answer all the above questions correctly, the Webmin web server will be started and the setup script will give you the URL to go to. Enter this URL into your browser, and you will be prompted for the login and password that you choose in setup.sh. Once you have logged in your browser should show the main Webmin page, on which is an icon for each module you have installed.