Category: FreeBSD

Installing Webmin on FreeBSD

Webmin is a web interface package for *nix systems . This package is intended for remote management and monitoring of the server via the web interface. It is not required, but as an addition to the functionality it can be installed.

Install from ports:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin

And:

make install clean

After the installation in the terminal, run the command:

rehash

After that, you need to perform a few points marked with a star. For the convenience of the sequence of actions I numbered.

The script to execute 2:

/usr/local/lib/webmin/setup.sh

After that, you will be offered items for configuration such as: Protocol (http or https), folder for storing logs, port (default 10000), login and password to access the web interface.

Then add the command to rc.conf that webmin would we have started from a system startup:

Run the installed webmin:

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/webmin start

After the launch occurred, you can go to the http link (or https protocol selected in the configuration of webmin)://your IP address :10000 (the port you specified in the configuration of webmin).

By clicking on the link (and accepting the security certificate-if you chose https in the protocols) you should see the following form:

After successful input of login and password we get to the main page of Webmin:

In the Webmin settings, you can set the localization and the theme that suits you best.