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Installing Webmin on Ec2

by jsiegel on November 24, 2006

Installation notes from an early Webmin build on EC2:

mv /var/lib/mysql /mnt
ln -s /mnt/mysql /var/lib/

mv home /mnt
ln -s /mnt/home /

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.300-1.noarch.rpm
pm -Uvh webmin-1.300-1.noarch.rpm
passwd

http://www.stress-free.co.nz/webmin-theme/
http://www.stress-free.co.nz/files/theme-stressfree.tar.gz

http://download.webmin.com/download/virtualmin/virtual-server-3.29.gpl.wbm.gz

yum install openssl openssl-devel perl-Net-SSLeay

Enable SSL Encryption. WebMin Config->SSL Encryption

yum install dovecot
yum install webalizer
chkconfig --levels 3 mysqld on
/sbin/service mysqld start

Get the latest AMI tools from:
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=84

c2-bundle-vol -d /mnt -k /mnt/private_key.pem -u 4320538 -s 4000 -c /mnt/public_key.pem