Apache Webserver for Webmin

[W. Scott Lockwood III]

It's actually a very good idea, if done correctly.

Webmin has a bad habit of allowing insecure SSL sessions, even when you
configure it not to. As such, running Apache as a reverse proxy in front of
Webmin allows you to better control that.

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W. Scott Lockwood III


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From: sounder-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:sounder-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Derek Maciel
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 2:30 PM
To: sounder at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Apache Webserver for Webmin

Right.

I'm asking this because whenever I browse to a Webmin installation, no
matter what server it's installed on or whatever computer I'm accessing it
from, my internet browser always warns me that an intruder could be stealing
information as the server's certificate is not accepted by my operating
system. I have already recreated the certificate to no avail. I thought that
switching to Apache would fix the problem, but now I see that it would be a
bad idea.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Avi Greenbury
<avismailinglistaccount at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Derek Maciel wrote:
>
>> I was just wondering: is there any security or server resource 
>> advantages to running Webmin under Apache instead of it's own server 
>> (assuming that Webmin is installed on a server that is already 
>> running apache anyway)?
>
> Apache is decidedly more efficient than the miniserv.pl that runs 
> Webmin. Usually, though, Webmin receives so little trafic as to make 
> this hardly worth considering.
>
> If you're going to be restarting or reconfiguring Apache from a 
> webpage, it's quite advantageous to do it from one that's not served 
> by that apache instance :) More so, almost always, than the advantage 
> of shifting Webmin to a lighter-weight webserver.
>
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