web Based administration solution for Linux : webmin

Webmin is an open source web Based administration solution for Linux. The purpose of webmin is to gather the administration of many different tasks and services under a common web interface. The software is perl based and module based which make it adaptable. Most common tasks have a module to administer.

how To Install Webmin:
# cd /usr/src
# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.340-1.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh webmin-1.340-1.noarch.rpm

steps to install virtualmin & configure it:
login to webmin: ipaddress:100000
1) webmin -> webmin configuration -> webmin modulesInstall module -> from ftp or http url ->virtual min url is: http://download.webmin.com/download/virtualmin/virtual-server-3.201.gpl.wbm.gz

2) Enable https:yum install mod_sslin virtualmin config enable ssl for websites.
Configuring virtualmin:Enabled the subverion and mysql moduledisabled webalizerPostgreSQL setup and configuration enabled? yes.

3) If this server is going to use PGsqlPostfix configuration from webmin:servers->postfix->virtual domain->domain mapping lookup table: hash:/etc/postfix/virtual General options: Network interface for receiving mail: all [make sure that the hostname is something like sys.abc.comg is you are going to run the acb system here.]

4) dovecot configuration from webmin:webmin -> servers -> dovecot -> user login options -> Password authentication source -> unix shadow filestart at boot: yes

5) Webmin -> webmin configuration -> Ports and addressesaccess the webmin system: and then configure the port (eg 100000) for webmin listen and udp packets.

6) Webmin -> webmin configuration -> ssl encryptionAlso make webmin run on ssh.Enable SSL if available? yesRedirect non-SSL requests to SSL mode? yes