Installing Webmin on CentOS 5.5

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.

Installing Webmin on CentOS 5.5

You need to run the following commands as root

Import webmin GPG key

#rpm --import http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc

Now you need to add the Webmin YUM Repository

# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo

Add the following contents

[Webmin]
name=Webmin Distribution Neutral
baseurl=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum
enabled=1

Save and exit the file

Now to install Webmin using the following command

# yum install webmin

Finally browse to your machine on port 10000

If your server ip is 172.30.40.21 you can access webmin using the following URL from web

https://172.30.40.21:10000