Install webmin fedora 18

Sign in with the non-root user you created while fulfilling the prerequisites for this tutorial. Once you log in, the first screen you will see is the Webmin dashboard.

Look for the System hostname field and click on the link to the right, as shown in the following figure:. Then click the Save button at the bottom of the page to apply the setting. Follow these steps to set up your certificate:. Click the Request Certificate button.

After a few seconds, you will see a confirmation screen. To use the new certificate, click the Return to Webmin configuration button on the confirmation screen.

From that page, scroll down and click the Restart Webmin button. Wait around 30 seconds, and then reload the page and log in again. Your browser should now indicate that the certificate is valid.

First, click the System dropdown menu in the left-hand sidebar, and then click the link for Users and Groups. From here, you can add and manage users and groups. To add a user, click Create a new user , which is located at the top of the users table. This displays the Create User screen, where you can supply the username, password, groups and other options.

Follow these instructions to create the user:. After making those selections, press Create. This will create the deploy user in short order. Webmin lets you update all of your packages through its user interface.

To update all of your packages, first, click the Dashboard button above the left-hand sidebar, and then locate the Package updates field. Click this link, and then press Update selected packages to start the update. You may be asked to reboot the server, which you can also do through the Webmin interface. For example, if you have Apache installed, you would find the configuration tab for it under Servers , and then Apache.

Explore the interface further, or check out the Official Webmin wiki to learn more about managing your system with Webmin.

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By Theo B Published on May 17, Not using Ubuntu Choose a different version or distribution. Ubuntu In this guide, we touch base on how to install Webmin on Fedora Linux. All dependencies should be resolved automatically and the installation will get underway and will take a couple of minutes to complete. Upon completion, you can verify if Webmin is running by executing the old SysV init script as shown. By default, Webmin listens on TCP port and you can confirm this by running the netstat command as shown.

If you are behind a firewall, you need to open the TCP port as shown. So far, we have installed Webmin and verified its status. The only thing remaining is to log into Webmin and manage our system. So, launch your favorite browser and browse the URL below. Nothing to worry about. Then click to proceed to the server. You will get the login page below.

This marks the end of this tutorial. We hope it made your work easy in installing Webmin on Fedora Linux.