Re: [webmin-devel] Getting Webmin to run under Apache for Solaris 10 -- Creating dent in desk from banging head.

Why not just run it the way it is supposed to run on port 10000?

Ron

On 14/03/2011 2:25 PM, PEOPLES, MICHAEL P (ATTSI) wrote:
> I have spent days trying to get Webmin to run under Apache, but to no
> avail.  Despite attempting to follow both follow the instructions to the
> letter, as well as interpret them as best I could, it doesn't work.  I'm
> sure it works, because Jamie says it does, and Jamie knows what he's
> talking about.  The problem is me.
>
> I am trying to run it as a virtual server on a Solaris 10 box running
> Apache 2.2.16.  I did the following:
>
> Created a virtual server
>
> <VirtualHost _default_:10000>
>
>      ServerName myserver.att.com:10000
>
>      DocumentRoot /opt/webmin
>
>      ServerAdmin [email protected]
>
>      ErrorLog "/usr/apache2_2_16/logs/error_log"
>
>      TransferLog "/usr/apache2_2_16/logs/access_log"
>
>      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/apache2_2_16/cgi-bin/"
>
>      ScriptAlias /script-cgi-bin/ "/usr/apache2_2_16/htdocs/scripts/"
>
>      SSLEngine on
>      SSLCertificateFile "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.crt"
>      SSLCertificateKeyFile "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.key"
>      SSLCACertificateFile "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.CA.root.crt"
>      SSLCACertificateFile
> "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.intermediate.crt"
>
>      <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
>          SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
>      </FilesMatch>
>
>      <Directory "/usr/apache2_2_16/cgi-bin">
>          SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
>      </Directory>
>
>      BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
> downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
>
>      CustomLog "/usr/apache2_2_16/logs/ssl_request_log"           "%t %h
> %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
>
>      <Directory "/opt/webmin">
>          allow from all
>          Options +Indexes
>          AuthName Webmin
>          AuthType basic
>          AuthUserFile /etc/webmin/htusers
>          require valid-user
>      </Directory>
>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> Added AddHandler directive to MAIN Apache configuration section
>
> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
>
> Added index.cgi directive to MAIN Apache configuration section
>
> DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi
>
> Added the following directives to MAIN Apache configuration section
>
> 		SetEnv WEBMIN_CONFIG /etc/webmin
> 		SetEnv WEBMIN_VAR /var/webmin
> 		SetEnv SERVER_ROOT /opt/webmin
> 		SetEnv MINISERV_CONFIG /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
>
> Added the following directives to MAIN Apache configuration section
>
>      <Directory "/opt/webmin">
>          allow from all
>          Options +Indexes
>          AuthName Webmin
>          AuthType basic
>          AuthUserFile /etc/webmin/htusers
>          require valid-user
>      </Directory>
>
>
> /etc/webmin/htusers file setup
>
> Again, it's not clear what is being requested here.  I created a file
> with each of the users in it, one to a line, like the following:
>
> 		root
> 		user1
> 		user2
>
> I also tried using htpasswd to create a file called /etc/webmin/htusers,
> but that also did not change things.
>
> To be frank, I'm not sure what should be in this file.  Explicit
> examples would be helpful.
>
> Ran the ownership and permission attribute change commands
>
> 		chown -R root:root /opt/webmin
> 		chmod -R 6755 /opt/webmin
>
> > From directory /opt/webmin, ran the following command
>
> find . -name "*.cgi" -o -name "*.pl" | perl perlpath.pl "/usr/bin/perl
> -U" -
>
> Configure Webmin to use the 'Default Webmin Theme'
>
> There's nothing I could do here.  The only theme I have is the "blue"
> theme.  There is nothing in the Webmin Solaris package that might be
> considered a "default theme".
>
> I also tried it putting all (or most) of the above within the virtual
> host definition:
>
> <VirtualHost _default_:10000>
>
>      ServerName myserver.att.com:10000
>
>      DocumentRoot /opt/webmin
>
>      ServerAdmin [email protected]
>
>      ErrorLog "/usr/apache2_2_16/logs/error_log"
>
>      TransferLog "/usr/apache2_2_16/logs/access_log"
>
>      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/apache2_2_16/cgi-bin/"
>
>      ScriptAlias /script-cgi-bin/ "/usr/apache2_2_16/htdocs/scripts/"
>
>      SSLEngine on
>      SSLCertificateFile "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.crt"
>      SSLCertificateKeyFile "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.key"
>      SSLCACertificateFile "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.CA.root.crt"
>      SSLCACertificateFile
> "/usr/apache2_2_16/conf/myserver.intermediate.crt"
>
>      AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
>
>      <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
>          SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
>      </FilesMatch>
>
>      <Directory "/usr/apache2_2_16/cgi-bin">
>          SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
>      </Directory>
>
>      BrowserMatch ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
> downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
>
>      CustomLog "/usr/apache2_2_16/logs/ssl_request_log"           "%t %h
> %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"
>
>      <Directory "/opt/webmin">
>          allow from all
>          Options +Indexes
>          AuthName Webmin
>          AuthType basic
>          AuthUserFile /etc/webmin/htusers
>          require valid-user
>      </Directory>
>
>      SetEnv WEBMIN_CONFIG "/etc/webmin"
>      SetEnv WEBMIN_VAR "/var/webmin"
>      SetEnv SERVER_ROOT "/opt/webmin"
>      SetEnv MINISERV_CONFIG "/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf"
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I restarted Apache after each change, but never got the Webmin site or
> any error messages even referring to it.  Nothing was listening on port
> 10000.
>
> I also tried the "Apache In A Sub-Directory" method, but it didn't work.
>
> If I fire up Webmin as I normally would, it works.  I just can't get it
> to work under Apache.
>
> Sorry for the long e-mail, but thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> Michael Peoples
> Senior Systems Manager
> AT&T - ATTSI
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