How to Configure Webmin Repository on CentOS/RHEL

Webmin is a 3’rd party RPM repository and Webmin is a web-based graphical tool for Red Hat based systems. This repository can be used in configuring webmin.

Step 1: Import Key

Import Webmin signing key for verifying packages using following command.

# cd /opt
# wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
# rpm --import jcameron-key.asc

Step 2: Create Webmin Repository

Now create repository file with .repo extension under /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory and add following content as per your operating system.

# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo

[Webmin]
name=Webmin Distribution Neutral
#baseurl=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum
mirrorlist=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum/mirrorlist
enabled=1

Step 3: Check Webmin Repository

We can check repository using following command:

# yum repolist

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
 * epel: mirrors.hustunique.com
 * extras: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
 * rpmforge: kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id
 * updates: mirror.nbrc.ac.in
repo id               repo name                                           status
Webmin                Webmin Distribution Neutral                            217
atrpms                Fedora Core 6 - x86_64 - ATrpms                      2,755
base                  CentOS-6 - Base                                      6,518
epel                  Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64      11,632
extras                CentOS-6 - Extras                                       38
rpmforge              RHEL 6 - RPMforge.net - dag                          4,718
repolist: 25,878

Reference Articles:
How to Install Webmin on CentOS/Redhat 5/6/7 using yum
How to Install Webmin on CentOS/Redhat 5/6/7