The number of control panels on the market keeps expanding into an even greater variety.  Almost everyone is familiar with cPanel along with rivals such as Plesk and H-Sphere.  One control panel you may not be familiar with is Webmin, a super-functional application that certainly warrants a closer look.

What is Webmin?

Webmin is a software tool designed to simply the process of managing Unix and Linux platforms.  The program is compatible with virtually any web browser, permitting various administrative tasks through a cleanly designed, user-friendly interface.  Webmin provides the ability to manage various aspects of the web hosting environment from setting up a web server and creating accounts to maintaining FTP and mail servers.

Webmin Features and Capabilities

The Webmin control panel allows you to do the following:

• Use NFS protocol to exports files and directories to other systems
• Set up quotas to control how much disk space is allocated to users
• Install, manage and delete software packages in formats such as RPM
• Modify the systems’ DNS settings, IP address and routing configuration
• Set up firewalls for added security or to provide LAN access to the internet
• Create and configure virtual servers on Apache
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After install Apache you go to directory /etc/httpd/conf and open file httpd.conf. Go to the very bottom of your httpd.conf file in your text editor. You should see an example of a virtual host there. Each line of that example will begin with an octothorpe (#). The octothorpe character marks the line as a comment, so the example is not executed. Add the following lines below that example:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin info@boykma.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/secure.vn
    ServerName secure.vn
    ErrorLog /var/www/html/secure.vn/log
    CustomLog /var/www/html/secure.vn/log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin info@boykma.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/boykma.com
    ServerName boykma.com
    ErrorLog /var/www/html/boykma.com/log
    CustomLog /var/www/html/boykma.com/log common
</VirtualHost>

Config underline. Save and close text editor. Restart Apache service by cmd #service httpd restart. You are finish

Using the records provided by the tutorial with Google (http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=33915), you can configure the records by following these instructions:

1. Login to your Sitelutions account.
2. On the top bar, click on “URL/DNS Control Center”.
3. Under “Jump to Domain” Section Select your domain.
4. Select “[Advanced Config & DDNS]” under the “Root” row of the domain.
5. Once there got to the “MX Records” section.
6. Click on [Add Record] and fill in the details provided by Google.
7. Click Done.
8. Repeat until you have filled in all of the records that Google recommends.

Installation

Get the latest version of phpMyAdmin from phpMyAdmin.net. The files will compressed – so you will have to extract it. Create a folder called ‘phpMyAdmin’ in the document root of your server and extract the PHP scripts into it. That’s it – the installing part is over. The latest version will automatically configure itself to run with these settings…

• Database Host : localhost
• Username : root
• Password : (Empty)

Configuration

If you wish to configure your phpMyAdmin using more advanced options, open the folder you installed phpMyAdmin to(<Document Root/phpMyAdmin/>) and create a folder called ‘config’. Make sure it has write permission. You can give it write permission with the following command(assuming that your are on a linux system)…

chmod 666 config

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