How to Install Poweradmin on Manjaro

Poweradmin is a versatile and powerful web-based DNS administration tool. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Poweradmin on Manjaro Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Manjaro Linux installed on your system
• LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, and PHP) installed and configured
• Basic knowledge of Apache, MySQL, and PHP

Step 1: Download Poweradmin

The first step is to download Poweradmin. You can download the latest version of Poweradmin from the official website: http://www.poweradmin.org/. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download the latest version via the command line:

wget https://github.com/poweradmin/poweradmin/archive/master.zip

Once the download is complete, extract the zip file to the Apache web root directory:

sudo unzip master.zip -d /srv/http/

Step 2: Create the Database

Next, create a new database for Poweradmin using the MySQL command-line tool:

mysql -u root -p

You will be prompted to enter your MySQL root password. Once you have entered your password, create a new database for Poweradmin:

CREATE DATABASE poweradmin;

Create a new user and grant the user access to the newly created database:

CREATE USER 'poweradmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON poweradmin.* TO 'poweradmin'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 3: Configure Poweradmin

Next, navigate to the Poweradmin directory:

cd /srv/http/poweradmin-master/inc/

Copy the config-me.inc.php file to config.inc.php:

sudo cp config-me.inc.php config.inc.php

Open the config.inc.php file with your preferred text editor:

sudo nano config.inc.php

Enter the database details that you created in Step 2:

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

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Configure Apache

Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/poweradmin.conf

Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your-domain.com
    DocumentRoot "/srv/http/poweradmin-master/"
    <Directory "/srv/http/poweradmin-master/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace your-domain.com with your own domain name or server IP address.

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Restart Apache

Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 6: Access Poweradmin

Open your web browser and navigate to http://your-domain.com/install.php to install Poweradmin.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Once the installation is complete, remove the install.php file:

sudo rm /srv/http/poweradmin-master/install.php

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Poweradmin on Manjaro Linux. You can now use it to manage your DNS records.