{"id":215,"date":"2011-06-25T03:21:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T03:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2011-06-25T03:36:52","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T03:36:52","slug":"minimal-hosting-control-panel-with-webmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Minimal hosting control panel with Webmin"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have a VPS server it is always good to have a very thin control panel which will not create resource overhead. Webmin minimal, is such an ideal thin control panel. Here we can see how we can build a hosting environment with webmin-minimal and other\u00a0 softwares from source.<\/p>\n

Initial Control panel setup and Firewall Installation.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are using a fresh centos VPS. Login to the VPS as root user<\/p>\n

1) Webmin Minimal Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n

We must install the minimal version of webmin, replace X.xxx with the webmin version you download.<\/p>\n

# cd \/usr\/local\/src\/
\n# wget http:\/\/prdownloads.sourceforge.net\/webadmin\/webmin-X.xxx-minimal.tar.gz
\n# tar -zxvf webmin-X.xxx-minimal.tar.gz
\n# cd webmin-X.xxx\/
\n# .\/setup.sh
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

You will be prompted with the below questions, you can use default values itself . Please use a good password.<\/p>\n

Config file directory [\/etc\/webmin]:
\nLog file directory [\/var\/webmin]:
\nFull path to perl (default \/usr\/bin\/perl):
\nWeb server port (default 10000):
\nLogin name (default admin): nixwind
\nLogin password:
\nPassword again:
\nStart Webmin at boot time (y\/n): y<\/p>\n

Make sure that firwewall is disabled ( temporarily, we will be installing CSF later in this article) .<\/p>\n


\n# \/etc\/init.d\/iptables stop
\n<\/code>
\nYou can access webmin with<\/p>\n

http:\/\/server_ip:10000
\nUsername and Password you have given during installation<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2) Install a Theme ( Optional ) <\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m going to use Vitualmin Framed theme. To Install a theme, click on Webmin Configuration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nClick on Webmin Themes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On Webmin Themes<\/em><\/strong> menu, select From ftp or http url<\/strong><\/em> and specific the exact theme file there.
\nVirtualMin Framed Theme url :\u00a0 http:\/\/download.webmin.com\/download\/virtualmin\/virtual-server-theme-X.x.wbt.gz<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click on Install Theme<\/p>\n

Then go to Webmin Themes again and select VirtualMin Framed Theme as current theme.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click on Change, that’s all<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3) Install Config Server Firewall for firewall management with Webmin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Install CSF<\/p>\n

Login to server as root and execute the below commands.
\n
\n# cd \/usr\/src\/
\n# wget http:\/\/www.configserver.com\/free\/csf.tgz
\n# tar -zxvf csf.tgz
\n# cd csf\/
\n# sh install.sh
\n<\/code>
\nInstall Webmin module of CSF<\/p>\n

Select Webmin Configuration<\/strong> from left menu and click on Webmin Modules<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Select Install From local file<\/strong><\/em> and specific path as \/etc\/csf\/csfwebmin.tgz<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Click on “Install Module”<\/p>\n

You need to configure CSF, Find it on Webmin under System<\/strong><\/em> >> ConfigServer Security & Firewall<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Configure firewall with, Firewall Configuration<\/strong><\/em> and Check Server Security <\/strong><\/em>. Disable\u00a0 testing mode after properly configuring the firewall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have a VPS server it is always good to have a very thin control panel which will not create resource overhead. Webmin minimal, is such an ideal thin control panel. Here we can see how we can build a hosting environment with webmin-minimal and other\u00a0 softwares from source. Initial Control panel setup and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[83,82,80,81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nixwind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}