Impossible to connect to Webmin after it is installed by Cloudmin

Cloudmin
#1

I installed CentOS 7 on a new physical machine that I connected to Cloudmin through SSH keys. If I add it as a new KVM host, and let Cloudmin install Webmin, the bridge, and the KVM software, then, although I can see the login page I cannot connect to Webmin as root with the password (which works with SSH).
Is it a known bug?
I can see root in /etc/webmin/webmin.acl, and it is the only user there.
Is there a way to fix it or should I try to do a fresh install and set it up connecting with password instead of SSH keys?
Many thanks!

#2

Hi,

You need to make sure that nothing blocks default Webmin port 10000. If you have an error message on the browser saying: CONNECTION TIMED OUT, it might be the sign of connection being blocked for this port.

Google it, as it has being discussed many times already.

#3

Hi,
Thanks for the answer but I do have the login screen, I can see it on port 10000 (which is opened), but just it doesn’t accept my root credentials (which work fine on SSH)
If I click “Open Webmin” from Cloudmin I get into Webmin, but if I go through the classic login screen on that same machine I get a login failed message.

#4

You can change a password for Webmin user, following this small tutorial and its step #3.

#5

Thanks it has worked. But it is a bug, no?
Cloudmin installs Webmin on the future host using an SSH key for authentication, shouldn’t it allow the root user to connect to it with its current password?

#6

I am not sure exactly. I suspect that root password hasn’t been set at all, once you mentioned that you were using SSH key for authentication.

#7

Yes it was set: the hosting company asks for it at the moment of the installation, I used it to connect to the machine and changed it myself through passwd (being root). Then I tried to connect with either (the first set password and the updated one), they don’t work.
I am going to do a retry without resetting the password (using the one set during installation) and will let you know.

#8

I am using CentOS 7 for the host as I understood it is the most compatible with Cloudmin. Newer versions fail at setting up the machine as host (from Cloudmin) but if you think any other OS could worth a try let me know.

Thanks again

#9
  • I have reinstalled a fresh CentOS 7.
  • I can connect through SSH with the password I have chosen while installing the machine
  • I go to Cloudmin and add the physical machine
  • I go on Hosts systems and I register it as a KVM Host, letting it do the installation of the bridge, webmin and kvm software and all go smooth:
**Setting up KVM host system ..**

Installing Webmin …
… done

Checking system status …
… done

Installing required commands …
… done

Installing KVM packages …
… done

Enabling CGroups …
… done

Loading KVM kernel module …
… done

Creating loopback device files …
… done

Setting up br0 network bridge …
… done

… setup complete! You can now add this system as a KVM host.
  • I reboot the machine
  • I go to https://[IP]/:10000 where I see the webmin login screen
  • I put root and my password in the login form
  • I get Login failed. Please try again.

So I will use the solution you gave earlier to set the webmin password. If I had used a password to connect to the physical machine instead of the SSH key I could have connected through the login screen.

#10

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