How to Install Poweradmin on Linux Mint Latest

Poweradmin is a web-based DNS administration tool that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing DNS zones, records, and settings. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Poweradmin on your Linux Mint system.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you should have a Linux Mint system with LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, and PHP) already installed.

Step 1: Download Poweradmin

Visit the official Poweradmin website at http://www.poweradmin.org/ and download the latest version of Poweradmin to your Linux Mint system.

wget https://github.com/poweradmin/poweradmin/archive/v4.3.1.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract the Archive

Run the following command to extract the archive file you just downloaded:

tar -zxvf v4.3.1.tar.gz

This will extract the contents of the Poweradmin archive into a new directory called poweradmin-4.3.1.

Step 3: Move the Directory to /var/www/html

You will need to move the poweradmin-4.3.1 directory to the /var/www/html directory on your Linux Mint system.

sudo mv poweradmin-4.3.1 /var/www/html/poweradmin

Step 4: Create a MySQL Database and User

Log in to your MySQL database server and create a new 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;

Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 5: Configure Poweradmin

Copy the config.inc.php-sample file to a new file named config.inc.php.

cd /var/www/html/poweradmin/inc/
cp config.inc.php-sample config.inc.php

Edit the config.inc.php file and enter the database details you just created.

$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_user = 'poweradmin';
$db_pass = 'password';
$db_name = 'poweradmin';

Replace password with the password you chose for the poweradmin user in Step 4.

Step 6: Configure Apache

Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for Poweradmin.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/poweradmin.conf

Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/poweradmin/

  <Directory /var/www/html/poweradmin/>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>

  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/poweradmin_error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/poweradmin_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the new virtual host configuration with the following command:

sudo a2ensite poweradmin.conf

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Access Poweradmin in Your Browser

You should now be able to access Poweradmin in your web browser by visiting http://localhost/poweradmin/.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Poweradmin on your Linux Mint system.