{"id":28944,"date":"2018-10-26T05:17:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=28944"},"modified":"2022-12-14T05:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:16:17","slug":"how-to-manage-centos-linux-with-a-gui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-centos-linux-with-a-gui\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage CentOS Linux with a GUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_28992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28992\" style=\"width: 732px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Manage-CentOS-Linux-with-a-GUI.jpg\" alt=\"How to Manage CentOS Linux with a GUI\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Manage-CentOS-Linux-with-a-GUI.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Manage-CentOS-Linux-with-a-GUI-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/How-to-Manage-CentOS-Linux-with-a-GUI-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to Manage CentOS Linux with a GUI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defining feature of a Linux server is the command line. While there have been several successful GUI implementations, they haven&#8217;t really caught on with mainstream admins for the following reasons:<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The command line is faster for well-defined tasks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A GUI is an extremely resource intensive, and a server needs all the CPU time it can get<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s easier to follow a set of instructions with one command after the other<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Linux administration happens remotely &#8211; so a full GUI is a bit of a headache<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, we can overcome some of these limitations (particularly point No. 2) by having a browser-based GUI that connects remotely and offloads all the graphics to the user&#8217;s browser. And this is where Webmin comes in.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_66_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-666e7f216f654\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-666e7f216f654\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-centos-linux-with-a-gui\/#Webmin-%E2%80%93-A-GUI-for-Server-Administration\" title=\"Webmin &#8211; A GUI for Server Administration\">Webmin &#8211; A GUI for Server Administration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-centos-linux-with-a-gui\/#Step-1-Add-the-Repo-to-CentOS\" title=\"Step 1: Add the Repo to CentOS\">Step 1: Add the Repo to CentOS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-centos-linux-with-a-gui\/#Step-2-Install-Webmin\" title=\"Step 2: Install Webmin\">Step 2: Install Webmin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-manage-centos-linux-with-a-gui\/#Step-3-Logging-into-Webmin\" title=\"Step 3: Logging into Webmin\">Step 3: Logging into Webmin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Webmin-%E2%80%93-A-GUI-for-Server-Administration\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webmin &#8211; A GUI for Server Administration<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re new to web-based GUI systems, Webmin will be a pleasant surprise. It&#8217;s easy to set up, and you can carry out most admin tasks using it, including monitoring resource usage graphically, creating and managing users, installing software, updating it etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best of all, it comes nicely packaged with a yum repository, so there&#8217;s no need for you to do any manual configuration. It all works out of the box. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: You&#8217;ll need sudo privileges for a lot of steps in this tutorial. So either make sure you&#8217;re included in the &#8220;sudoers&#8221; file or execute these with elevated privileges.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-1-Add-the-Repo-to-CentOS\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1: Add the Repo to CentOS<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since we want to install everything via yum, first create the file:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vi \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/webmin.repo<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And add the following lines to it:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Webmin]<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">name=Webmin Distribution Neutral<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#baseurl=https:\/\/download.webmin.com\/download\/yum<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mirrorlist=https:\/\/download.webmin.com\/download\/yum\/mirrorlist<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enabled=1<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, we need the public key from the Webmin site to ensure that the files we receive are not tampered with:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wget http:\/\/www.webmin.com\/jcameron-key.asc<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rpm --import jcameron-key.asc<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we&#8217;ve configured the source. Time to install Webmin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-2-Install-Webmin\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2: Install Webmin<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve already done the hard work in step 1. We can install it with:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yum install webmin<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click &#8220;yes&#8221; to complete the install. The yum command automatically installs all the dependencies, so you don&#8217;t have to do any more work. With one exception. When you log into Webmin you may see this error:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"No Perl MD5 hashing module found!\"\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No-Perl-MD5-hashing-module-found.jpg\" alt=\"No Perl MD5 hashing module found\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No-Perl-MD5-hashing-module-found.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No-Perl-MD5-hashing-module-found-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/No-Perl-MD5-hashing-module-found-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because of a missing module. Install it separately with yum:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yum install perl-Digest-MD5<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you&#8217;re done!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step-3-Logging-into-Webmin\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3: Logging into Webmin<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the installation has gone smoothly, you can log into Webmin using the following address on your browser:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[yourIPAddress]<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:10000\/<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get your IP address on Linux, use the &#8220;ifconfig&#8221; command like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Get-your-IP-Address.jpg\" alt=\"Get your IP Address\" width=\"650\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Get-your-IP-Address.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Get-your-IP-Address-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Get-your-IP-Address-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Get-your-IP-Address-440x264.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plug in this IP address into the browser address bar and you&#8217;re on your way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The one problem, however, is that the latest versions of Webmin enable SSL by default. So you&#8217;ll probably get this error message:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Error &#8211; Document follows. This web server is running in SSL mode&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Web-Server-Running-in-SSL-Mode.jpg\" alt=\"Web Server Running in SSL Mode\" width=\"650\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Web-Server-Running-in-SSL-Mode.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Web-Server-Running-in-SSL-Mode-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Web-Server-Running-in-SSL-Mode-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No avoid this, access the address using &#8220;https&#8221; instead. So the URL becomes:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [yourIPAddress]<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:10000\/<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ll get a warning on Chrome about an insecure site. Ignore it and click &#8220;Advanced&#8221;, and then &#8220;Proceed to site (unsafe)&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you&#8217;ll get the Webmin login as shown here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Log-in-to-Webmin.jpg\" alt=\"Log in to Webmin\" width=\"650\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Log-in-to-Webmin.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Log-in-to-Webmin-145x150.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Log-in-to-Webmin-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter root and your root password. And now you&#8217;re logged into Webmin!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Logged-into-Webmin.jpg\" alt=\"Logged into Webmin\" width=\"650\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Logged-into-Webmin.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Logged-into-Webmin-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Logged-into-Webmin-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see on the left-hand side, you can carry out all the common tasks of website administration, and quite a few advanced ones as well! You can monitor processes, clean up unused packages, manage cron jobs, and even open a command line shell for quick commands you need to execute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s a lot to explore within Webmin, and you&#8217;ll probably be like a kid in a candy store, looking at all the features and actions that were previously accessible only via the command line! Webmin is a truly powerful and mature GUI platform for managing your server remotely and securely.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can manage any of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\">Linux VPS<\/a> hosting accounts using this GUI. Just ask our technical support representatives and they will install it and configure it for you immediately. No need for you to waste any time from running your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defining feature of a Linux server is the command line. 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