How to install WebMin on LINUX
If you are from a Windows background and used to graphical interfaces then moving to a LINUX system can be quite a challenge due to the fact that most techies like to use commands from the console to carry out their work.
Whilst it is a good opportunity to learn some of the commands when you first rent a virtual server from Rackspace or buy your own box then you want to get your sites up and running quickly without having to read a lot of information first.
Therefore if you don't have the time to learn all the LINUX commands installing WebMin on your system is a quick way of providing you with a graphical interface to allow you to edit files and stop and start services like the Apache webserver or MySQL database server, as well as managing these services and configuring settings through a visual interface. You will need to have Java installed to use parts of WebMin.
If you want to learn how to use the console for carrying out your work then a good list of Linux applications and commands can be found here: Linux Commands and you should read some of the following articles I have written specifically about performance turning and managing a system such as Wordpress on a LINUX based system.
The Wordpress Survival Guide Part 1
The Wordpress Survival Guide Part 2
Performance Tuning Tools for MySQL
Using Host Headers to setup a test site on LINUX
Problems with LINUX Apache and PHP
Debugging Memory Issues on Wordpress
A quick cheat sheet of the most popular commands I find myself constantly using from the command line through a tool like PUTTY are below. Make a copy and save them to your desktop for quick and easy access.
How to install WebMin on a LINUX
Back to WebMin, to install WebMin on a LINUX based server you should do the following.
1. Install PUTTY if you haven't already.
2. Connect to your server through SSH using PUTTY.
3. Download the WebMin file with the following command:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.580_all.deb
4. Run the following command: dpkg --install webmin_1.580_all.debIf you are from a Windows background and used to graphical interfaces then moving to a LINUX system can be quite a challenge due to the fact that most techies like to use commands from the console to carry out their work.
Whilst it is a good opportunity to learn some of the commands when you first rent a virtual server from Rackspace or buy your own box then you want to get your sites up and running quickly without having to read a lot of information first.
Therefore if you don't have the time to learn all the LINUX commands installing WebMin on your system is a quick way of providing you with a graphical interface to allow you to edit files and stop and start services like the Apache webserver or MySQL database server, as well as managing these services and configuring settings through a visual interface. You will need to have Java installed to use parts of WebMin.
If you want to learn how to use the console for carrying out your work then a good list of Linux applications and commands can be found here: Linux Commands and you should read some of the following articles I have written specifically about performance turning and managing a system such as Wordpress on a LINUX based system.
The Wordpress Survival Guide Part 1
The Wordpress Survival Guide Part 2
Performance Tuning Tools for MySQL
Using Host Headers to setup a test site on LINUX
Problems with LINUX Apache and PHP
Debugging Memory Issues on Wordpress
A quick cheat sheet of the most popular commands I find myself constantly using from the command line through a tool like PUTTY are below. Make a copy and save them to your desktop for quick and easy access.
| Command | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| date | Show the current date and time on the server | |
| cd | change drive e.g cd /var (go to the var directory) | |
| cd ../ | go back up one directory | |
| cd ../../ | go back up two directories | |
| ls | list out the contents of a directory | |
| whoami | see who you are logged in as | |
| su - [username] | Assume the permissions of the specified user | |
| sudo [command] | Run a command as root but stay as the user you are logged in as | |
| top | Show the current running processes and server load | |
| top -d .2 | Show the current running processes with .2 second refresh | |
| tail -f access_log | View the most current entries in the sites access log | |
| grep "61.252.14.247" access_log | tail | View the most current entries in the sites access log for a certain IP address | |
| netstat -ta | Show all current connections to the server | |
| grep "27/Feb/2012:" access_log | sed 's/ - -.*//' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | less | View the IP's that appear in your access log the most for a certain date ordered by the most frequent first. | |
| /etc/init.d/apache2 restart | Restart Apache | |
| apache2ctl configtest | Test the Apache configuration for configuration errors | |
| /etc/init.d/mysql restart | Restart MySQL | |
| wget [URL] | Remotely access, load and save a file to the current directory | |
| chmod 777 [filepath] | Grant full read/write/delete permission to everyone to a file or folder | |
| chmod +x [filepath] | Grant execute permission to a script | |
| reboot | Reboot the server |
How to install WebMin on a LINUX
Back to WebMin, to install WebMin on a LINUX based server you should do the following.
1. Install PUTTY if you haven't already.
2. Connect to your server through SSH using PUTTY.
3. Download the WebMin file with the following command:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.580_all.deb
You should have now installed WebMin to /usr/share/webmin.
The administration username will be set to root and the password will be set to your current root password.
You should now be able to login to Webmin by accessing your hostname/IP on the port 10000.
For example e.g if your hostname is myhost.some-site.com then use http://myhost.some-site.com:10000/.
If you server is running in SSL mode (which it should) then it will initially give you a "Bad Request" error and ask you to try a secure URL instead e.g https://myhost.some-site.com:10000/
The WebMin options will appear as a tab to the right of the VirtualMin tab in the top left of the screen.
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