Neil's Open Source & Linux Blog

We use CentOS for our web servers, and favor Webmin as a way to administer our servers. To install Webmin via yum on CentOS, follow these steps as root or sudo, from the command line (via SSH or at the console). These steps will also work for RedHat servers. Configure the Webmin repository and instal l Webmin is not available via yum in the default CentOS repository. Follow these steps to add the Webmin repository (repo) from Webmin.com. Create and edit the repository file # nano /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo Add the [Webmin] section (listed below) to the new repository file Save the new file Import the public key: # rpm --import http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc Install webmin: # yum install webmin Open the Firewall If your server is protected by a firewall, you won't be able to access Webmin until you open port 10000. Use these steps on CentOS Backup the current firewall settings: # cp /etc/sysconfig/iptables /etc/sysconfig/iptables.bak Inst