Let’s Encrypt is a new Certificate Authority capable of issuing certificates cross-signed by IdentTrust, which allows their end certificates to be accepted by all major browsers. They are an open and free project that allows obtaining and installing certificates through simple, automated, commands. Let’s Encrypt aims to change this by making implementing encryption on any website easier. Setting up encryption on your web host has generally been complicated and expensive, which often deters administrators whose web applications might not depend on user input. Using the IP, domain name and password, you should now be able to connect to your server like the example below.Improving your website security through encryption, even on the most basic servers, can increase your visitors’ trust in your site and your ability to run it. Once your done, press ‘Create Server’Īfter everything is done being setup, you will be presented with a details page of your virtual server like the following. In this example we will set the domain name and admin password to ‘test’. Then setup the server to your personal preferences. First select ‘Create Virtual Server’ from the sidebar. If you set up everything properly you will see the following window that says ‘your system is ready for use with Virtualmin’.Ĭreating a virtual server is simple. We can do so by navigating from the sidebar on the left and going to ‘Re-Check Configuration’. Once everything is configured you will see the following screen.Īll that’s left to perform is a configuration check. Once you login you will be presented with a window like the following for some post installation configurations. Your URL will be different based on the domain you provided. Once everything is done installing, you will see the following message which means that your installation has been successful. NOTE: The script will generate a SSL certificate based on the domain specified. The script will then take care of the rest. The only input you need to give to the script is your domain name like the image below. Type ‘y’ and enter to begin installation. You will see an introduction to the script like the image below. We then make it executable and run the file with these next two commands. First we need to download the file by doing the following. Virtualmin’s installation is pretty simple as well. Use the same login information you would use to ssh into your orbit. Once you’ve done that, you will see the following login page. Just press Advanced in the bottom left hand corner and then proceed You may get a danger page display like the following. Once Webmin is installed you can access it by the following: Example: htttps://38.76.11.243:10000 The first command will download the installation package and the second will install it. Run the following and wait for it to finish installing sudo apt install python apt-show-versions libapt-pkg-perl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libnet-ssleay-perl Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix while Virtualmin is a domain hosting and website control panel, which gives the ability to create and manage many domains.īefore installing Webmin, we need to install some required packages. This is a guide on how to install Webmin and Virtualmin on your orbit.
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