Installing Virtualmin on FreeBSD Latest

Virtualmin is a powerful web hosting control panel that provides a user-friendly interface for managing websites, email, databases, and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Virtualmin on FreeBSD Latest.

Requirements

Before proceeding with the installation, you will need:

• A FreeBSD Latest with root access.
• A minimum of 1 GB RAM and 5 GB of disk space.
• An internet connection to download the necessary packages.

Step 1: Add the FreeBSD Ports Tree

First, you need to add the FreeBSD ports tree. The ports tree contains all of the installation files required for Virtualmin. Follow these steps to add the tree:

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update install
portsnap fetch
portsnap extract

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Now, let’s install all the necessary dependencies required for the installation of Virtualmin. Following are the dependencies:

• perl5.32-5.32.1 - Perl 5 programming language
• apache24-2.4.46 - Apache HTTP Server
• mod_php74-7.4.14,1 - PHP Extension for Apache

To install dependencies, run the following command:

pkg install perl5.32-5.32.1 apache24-2.4.46 mod_php74-7.4.14,1

Step 3: Install Virtualmin

Now, we will download the installation script for Virtualmin.

wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh

After downloading the script file, we will make it executable using the following command:

chmod +x install.sh

Next, run the script to install Virtualmin on your system:

./install.sh

The installation script will ask for the root password, and it will take some time to download and install Virtualmin on your system.

Step 4: Accessing Virtualmin

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Virtualmin on your FreeBSD Latest system. You can access Virtualmin by pointing your web browser to https://your-server-ip:10000. You can log in with your root username and password.

Conclusion

Virtualmin is now installed on your FreeBSD Latest system. It provides a user-friendly interface for managing websites, email, databases, and more. If you encounter any issues during the installation process, refer to Virtualmin's official documentation for assistance.

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