Manual Cloudmin Installation

At the time of writing, Cloudmin does not have an automated installation process for very many platforms like Virtualmin. However, it is relatively simple to install, as it has far fewer dependencies. A yum repository is provided for RPM-based distributions, as well as a Webmin compatible wbm repository for updates via the Webmin update system.

To install on a CentOS, Redhat Enterprise or Fedora Core system, the steps to follow are :

1. Install Perl, using the command :

   yum install perl

2. If you want access to Cloudmin to be encrypted, install SSL support with the commands :

   yum install openssl openssl-devel
   perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::SSLeay'

3. Install the latest version of Webmin in RPM format from www.webmin.com . The command to do this is :

   rpm -U http://www.webmin.com/download/rpm/webmin-current.rpm

4. If you plan to use Cloudmin to manage Amazon EC2 instances, several Perl modules need to be installed. These can be added to your system with the commands :

   perl -MCPAN -e 'install Params::Validate'
   perl -MCPAN -e 'install LWP::UserAgent'
   perl -MCPAN -e 'install MIME::Base64'
   perl -MCPAN -e 'install Digest::HMAC_SHA1'
   perl -MCPAN -e 'install XML::Simple'
   perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTTP::Date'

5. Install the RPM packages containing the Cloudmin module and Virtualmin theme with the command :

   rpm -U wbm-server-manager-*.rpm wbt-virtual-server-theme-*.rpm

6. Put the license and serial numbers into the license file. Edit the file:

   /etc/server-manager-license

   And put your licensing information in using the following format:

   SerialNumber=NNNN
   LicenseKey=XXXXXXXXXXX
   

Assuming that all of the above steps succeeded, you are done! Open a web browser, and go to http://yourserver:10000/ to login (replace yourserver in the URL with the IP address or hostname of the Cloudmin master system). If your system has a root password, you will be able to login as root - if not, you can typically login as a user who has permissions to sudo to root).

Once you are logged in, see the Getting Started with Cloudmin page for what to do next.