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How to install Webmin on Oracle Linux 8.8

  • 01:07 wget https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
  • 01:08 cat /etc/os-release
  • 01:25 sudo dnf install perl perl-Net-SSLeay openssl perl-Encode-Detect
  • 01:36 sudo rpm -Uvh webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
  • 01:53 sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=10000/tcp --zone=public --permanent
  • 02:28 sudo firewall-cmd --reload
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To Install Webmin On Oracle Linux 8.8

Introduction:

The Webmin server management tool is a powerful and extensible web-based control panel for Unix-like systems. By using Webmin, UNIX configuration files are no longer required to be manually edited.

Installation Steps:

Step1: check the Oracle Linux version by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Oracle Linux Server"
VERSION="8.8"
ID="ol"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="8.8"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 8.8"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:server"
HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/oracle/oracle-linux"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 8"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.8
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux"
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.8

Step 2: Copy the link of RPM file from the official website of Webmin by visiting the below link.

https://www.webmin.com/download.html

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Step 3: Download the Webmin package by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
--2023-07-17 17:00:34--  https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net (prdownloads.sourceforge.net)... 204.68.111.105
Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net (prdownloads.sourceforge.net)|204.68.111.105|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/2.000/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm [following]
--2023-07-17 17:00:35--  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/2.000/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 204.68.111.105
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|204.68.111.105|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/2.000/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm [following]
--2023-07-17 17:00:37--  https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/2.000/webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.153.32.19, 2401:fb00:0:1fe:8000::5
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 40311212 (38M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm’
webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm                           100%[===================================================================================================================>]  38.44M  11.0MB/s    in 3.6s
2023-07-17 17:00:41 (10.8 MB/s) - ‘webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm’ saved [40311212/40311212]

Step 4: After downloading the Webmin RPM package, download and install the optional dependencies by entering the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# sudo dnf install perl perl-Net-SSLeay openssl perl-Encode-Detect
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                                                                                            27 kB/s | 3.6 kB     00:00
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64)                                                                                                                                           9.7 MB/s |  59 MB     00:06
Oracle Linux 8 Application Stream (x86_64)                                                                                                                                       25 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00
Oracle Linux 8 Application Stream (x86_64)                                                                                                                                      9.4 MB/s |  47 MB     00:05
Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 8 (x86_64)                                                                                                       29 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00
Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 8 (x86_64)                                                                                                       10 MB/s |  73 MB     00:07
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:22 ago on Monday 17 July 2023 05:02:11 PM IST.
Package perl-Net-SSLeay-1.88-2.module+el8.6.0+20623+f0897f98.x86_64 is already installed.
Package openssl-1:1.1.1k-9.el8_7.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                                 Architecture                      Version                                                           Repository                                    Size
================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 perl                                                    x86_64                            4:5.26.3-422.el8                                                  ol8_appstream                                 73 k
 perl-Encode-Detect                                      x86_64                            1.01-28.el8                                                       ol8_appstream                                 90 k
Installed:
  cpp-8.5.0-18.0.2.el8.x86_64                                                 dtrace-2.0.0-1.13.1.el8.x86_64                                 dwz-0.12-10.el8.x86_64
  efi-srpm-macros-3-3.0.1.el8.noarch                                          ghc-srpm-macros-1.4.2-7.el8.noarch                             go-srpm-macros-2-17.el8.noarch
  libpfm-4.10.1-5.el8.x86_64                                                  make-1:4.2.1-11.el8.x86_64                                     ocaml-srpm-macros-5-4.el8.noarch
  openblas-srpm-macros-2-2.el8.noarch                                         perl-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64                                   perl-Algorithm-Diff-1.1903-9.el8.noarch
  perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-1.el8.noarch                                          perl-Archive-Zip-1.60-3.el8.noarch                             perl-Attribute-Handlers-0.99-422.el8.noarch
  perl-B-Debug-1.26-2.el8.noarch                                              perl-CPAN-2.18-397.el8.noarch                                  perl-CPAN-Meta-2.150010-396.el8.noarch
  perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements-2.140-396.el8.noarch                            perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML-0.018-397.el8.noarch                       perl-Compress-Bzip2-2.26-6.el8.x86_64
  perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.081-1.el8.x86_64                                  perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.081-1.el8.x86_64                      perl-Config-Perl-V-0.30-1.el8.noarch
  perl-DB_File-1.842-1.el8.x86_64                                             perl-Data-OptList-0.110-6.el8.noarch                           perl-Data-Section-0.200007-3.el8.noarch
  perl-Devel-PPPort-3.36-5.el8.x86_64                                         perl-Devel-Peek-1.26-422.el8.x86_64                            perl-Devel-SelfStubber-1.06-422.el8.noarch
  perl-Devel-Size-0.81-2.el8.x86_64                                           perl-Digest-SHA-1:6.02-1.el8.x86_64                            perl-Encode-Detect-1.01-28.el8.x86_64
  perl-Encode-Locale-1.05-10.module+el8.3.0+7692+542c56f9.noarch              perl-Encode-devel-4:2.97-3.el8.x86_64                          perl-Env-1.04-395.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-1:0.280230-2.el8.noarch                              perl-ExtUtils-Command-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch                      perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.34-422.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-Install-2.14-4.el8.noarch                                     perl-ExtUtils-MM-Utils-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch                     perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-1:7.34-1.el8.noarch
  perl-ExtUtils-Manifest-1.70-395.el8.noarch                                  perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl-1.06-422.el8.noarch                     perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-1:3.35-2.el8.noarch
  perl-File-Fetch-0.56-2.el8.noarch                                           perl-File-HomeDir-1.002-4.el8.noarch                           perl-File-Which-1.22-2.el8.noarch
  perl-Filter-2:1.58-2.el8.x86_64                                             perl-Filter-Simple-0.94-2.el8.noarch                           perl-IO-Compress-2.081-1.el8.noarch
  perl-IO-Zlib-1:1.10-422.el8.noarch                                          perl-IPC-Cmd-2:1.02-1.el8.noarch                               perl-IPC-SysV-2.07-397.el8.x86_64
  perl-IPC-System-Simple-1.25-17.el8.noarch                                   perl-JSON-PP-1:2.97.001-3.el8.noarch                           perl-Locale-Codes-3.57-1.el8.noarch
  perl-Locale-Maketext-1.28-396.el8.noarch                                    perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-1:0.21-422.el8.noarch              perl-MRO-Compat-0.13-4.el8.noarch
  perl-Math-BigInt-FastCalc-0.500.600-6.el8.x86_64                            perl-Math-BigRat-0.2614-1.el8.noarch                           perl-Memoize-1.03-422.el8.noarch
  perl-Module-Build-2:0.42.24-5.el8.noarch                                    perl-Module-CoreList-1:5.20181130-1.el8.noarch                 perl-Module-CoreList-tools-1:5.20181130-1.el8.noarch
  perl-Module-Load-1:0.32-395.el8.noarch                                      perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.68-395.el8.noarch               perl-Module-Loaded-1:0.08-422.el8.noarch
  perl-Module-Metadata-1.000033-395.el8.noarch                                perl-Net-Ping-2.55-422.el8.noarch                              perl-Package-Generator-1.106-11.el8.noarch
  perl-Params-Check-1:0.38-395.el8.noarch                                     perl-Params-Util-1.07-22.el8.x86_64                            perl-Perl-OSType-1.010-396.el8.noarch
  perl-PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint-0.08-395.el8.noarch                             perl-Pod-Checker-4:1.73-395.el8.noarch                         perl-Pod-Html-1.22.02-422.el8.noarch
  perl-Pod-Parser-1.63-396.el8.noarch                                         perl-SelfLoader-1.23-422.el8.noarch                            perl-Software-License-0.103013-2.el8.noarch
  perl-Sub-Exporter-0.987-15.el8.noarch                                       perl-Sub-Install-0.928-14.el8.noarch                           perl-Sys-Syslog-0.35-397.el8.x86_64
  perl-TermReadKey-2.37-7.el8.x86_64                                          perl-Test-1.30-422.el8.noarch                                  perl-Test-Harness-1:3.42-1.el8.noarch
  perl-Test-Simple-1:1.302135-1.el8.noarch                                    perl-Text-Balanced-2.03-395.el8.noarch                         perl-Text-Diff-1.45-2.el8.noarch
  perl-Text-Glob-0.11-4.el8.noarch                                            perl-Text-Template-1.51-1.el8.noarch                           perl-Thread-Queue-3.13-1.el8.noarch
  perl-Time-HiRes-4:1.9758-2.el8.x86_64                                       perl-Time-Piece-1.31-422.el8.x86_64                            perl-Unicode-Collate-1.25-2.el8.x86_64
  perl-autodie-2.29-396.el8.noarch                                            perl-bignum-0.49-2.el8.noarch                                  perl-devel-4:5.26.3-422.el8.x86_64
  perl-encoding-4:2.22-3.el8.x86_64                                           perl-experimental-0.019-2.el8.noarch                           perl-inc-latest-2:0.500-9.el8.noarch
  perl-libnetcfg-4:5.26.3-422.el8.noarch                                      perl-local-lib-2.000024-2.el8.noarch                           perl-open-1.11-422.el8.noarch
  perl-perlfaq-5.20180605-1.el8.noarch                                        perl-srpm-macros-1-25.el8.noarch                               perl-utils-5.26.3-422.el8.noarch
  perl-version-6:0.99.24-1.el8.x86_64                                         python-rpm-macros-3-45.el8.noarch                              python-srpm-macros-3-45.el8.noarch
  python3-rpm-macros-3-45.el8.noarch                                          qt5-srpm-macros-5.15.3-1.el8.noarch                            redhat-rpm-config-131-1.0.1.el8.noarch
  rust-srpm-macros-5-2.el8.noarch
Complete!

Step 5: Install Webmin by using the downloaded RPM file.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# sudo rpm -Uvh webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm
warning: webmin-2.000-1.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 11f63c51: NOKEY
Verifying...                          ################################# [100%]
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:webmin-2.000-1                   ################################# [100%]

Step 6: Configure Firewall Settings for Webmin by using the below command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=10000/tcp --zone=public --permanent
Success
[root@linuxhelp ~]# sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Success

Step 7: You can start using the Webmin Control panel by going to a browser and visiting the localhost with the port 10000 since the default port of Webmin is 10000.

https://localhost:10000

Step 8: Login Webmin with root Credentials as shown in the below image.

Snap2

Step 9: This is the Dashboard of Webmin control panel.

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Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Webmin on Oracle Linux 8.8. Your feedback is much welcome.

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A

WebMin is another open-source tool for Linux server management. It allows you to manage multiple servers using a web interface instead of relying on the terminal.

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A

Login name (default admin) The username that you will use to log in to Webmin with. admin is the traditional username, but anything can be used.

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You can change the Webmin port by editing in /etc/webmin/miniserv. conf and change the port number to any port you like.

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