Webmin
 Version 1.420 working on a production server | |
| Developer(s) | Jamie Cameron and the Webmin community.[1] |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 5, 1997 (version 0.1) |
| Stable release | 2.202[2]  (2024-08-12; 2 months ago) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Perl |
| Operating system | "The best supported systems at the moment are Solaris, Linux (Red Hat in particular) and FreeBSD"[3] and other supported OSes. |
| Available in | English, Catalan 93%, partial translations |
| Type | Control panel |
| License | BSD-like license |
| Website | http://www.webmin.com/ |
Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for Unix-like systems, although recent versions can also be installed and run on Windows [1]. With it you can configure many operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services, configuration files etc., as well as modify and control many open source apps, such as the Apache HTTP Server, PHP, MySQL etc.
Webmin is largely based on Perl, running as its own process and web server. It defaults to TCP port 10000 for communicating, and can be configured to use SSL if OpenSSL is installed with additional required Perl Modules.
It is built around modules, which have an interface to the configuration files and the Webmin server. This makes it easy to add new functionality. Due to Webmin's modular design, it is possible for anyone who is interested to write plugins for desktop configuration.
Webmin also allows for controlling many machines through a single interface, or seamless login on other webmin hosts on the same subnet or LAN.
Webmin is primarily coded by Australian Jamie Cameron[1] and released under the BSD license.
Related software
Webmin can be expanded by installing modules, which can be custom made. Aside from this, there are two other major projects that extend the functionality of webmin.
1. Usermin presents and controls a subset of the features available in Webmin, such as webmail and other user-level tasks, rather than administrator-level tasks.
2. Virtualmin, which is a domain hosting and web site control panel, which gives the ability to create and manage many domains.
References
- ^ a b Introduction to Webmin. Official Webmin website. Accessed 11-Feb-2007.
- ^ "2.202". 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Supported Operating Systems. Official Webmin website. Accessed 11-Feb-2007.
See also
External links
- Official Webmin website
- Webmin documentation wiki
- How Webmin can ease DNS management (Article, picture & interview with Jamie Cameron)
- Webmin: Good for Guru and Newbie Alike - article in Linux Journal by Dirk Elmendorf on December 1, 2001
- New Webmin Book Video Tutorial Series & eBook on Managing Webmin 1.40
- Perl beginner's blog Blog on webmin module development
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