Poweradmin is a web-based GUI tool for managing DNS servers. Clear Linux provides a simple way to install Poweradmin. Here is a step-by-step tutorial for installing Poweradmin on Clear Linux Latest.
Before you start, you need to have the following:
Update the Clear Linux packages to the latest version.
swupd update
Poweradmin requires the following packages to be installed on your server:
Install these packages using the following command.
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic devpkg-libmcrypt apache mysql
Now that you have installed the required packages, you can install Poweradmin.
First, download the latest version of Poweradmin from the official website using the below link.
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/poweradmin/poweradmin-2.1.7.tgz
Extract the tar archive using the following command.
tar -zxvf poweradmin-2.1.7.tgz
Move the extracted files to the Apache document root directory.
cd poweradmin-2.1.7
sudo mv * /var/www/htdocs/
Give necessary permissions to the Poweradmin directory.
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/htdocs/
Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database and user for Poweradmin.
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE poweradmin;
CREATE USER 'poweradmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON poweradmin.* TO 'poweradmin'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Navigate to the Poweradmin directory on your server.
cd /var/www/htdocs/
Copy the config.inc.php.sample file to config.inc.php.
cp config.inc.php.sample config.inc.php
Edit the config file and add your database details.
sudo nano config.inc.php
Replace the following placeholders with your database details.
$session_key = "replace_me";
...
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_user = "poweradmin";
$db_pass = "<password>";
$db_name = "poweradmin";
Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache service to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Finally, access the Poweradmin web interface at http://your-server-ip-address/. You should see the Poweradmin login page.
Enter the default username and password admin/admin and click the Login button.
You have successfully installed Poweradmin on Clear Linux Latest.
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