Install issue on RL-10

[edwardsmarkf]

hi all -

i saw there was some activity on the releases page, so i thought i would try RL-10 again.

the “unstable” release continues to install flawlessly; however, the stable release is giving me a Username/Password Authentication issue (below)

usually i would interpret this as a signal to just be patient, but i did see where RL-10 is now a supported platform.

any suggestions to move forward? i am running as ‘root’ as i always do. and there is nothing else installed, this is a fresh RL10 installation.

Installing core plugins for package manager                                  ✔
Downloading Virtualmin 8 release package                                     ✘

[ERROR] Something went wrong. Exiting.
[ERROR] The last few log entries were:
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [DEBUG] Operating system type:    rocky
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [DEBUG] Operating system major:   10
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [DEBUG] Configuring package manager for Rocky 10.0 ..
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [DEBUG] Disabling SELinux during installation ..
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [DEBUG]  setenforce 0 succeeded
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [INFO]  Spin pid is: 3866
Last metadata expiration check: 0:20:04 ago on Wed 01 Oct 2025 09:46:38 AM PDT.
Package dnf-plugins-core-4.7.0-8.el10.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [INFO]  Installing core plugins for package manager: [2025-10-01 10:06:41 PDT] [INFO]  Success.
[2025-10-01 10:06:42 PDT] [INFO]  Spin pid is: 3910
Username/Password Authentication Failed.
[2025-10-01 10:06:42 PDT] [INFO]  Downloading Virtualmin 8 release package: [2025-10-01 10:06:42 PDT] [INFO]  Failed with error: 6

OS type and version	RL-10
Webmin version	latest

[Ilia]

For now, until Virtualmin 8 is released the best way to install Virtualmin on EL 10 systems is by using the Virtualmin RC repos.

Just get the latest version of the installation script from the GitHub repo and run it with the --branch rc flag.

[edwardsmarkf]

thank you.

dumb question: what is the difference between doing “branch rc” and just using the “branch unstable” option that seems to consistently work?

[Ilia]

Virtualmin RC repos mostly mirror the stable repos. They contain tagged releases that show up in the RC repo as soon as we release them on GitHub.

We only tag releases after thorough testing. The repo is called RC because basically the same packages, after more testing, appear in the stable repo.

In contrast, the Unstable repository builds on every commit, which may have bugs or incomplete features.

I’d say the RC repos are safe to use. For an EL 10 production server, you shouldn’t use the Unstable repo.

Since the stable Virtualmin 8 repo isn’t available yet, the RC repo mentioned above is the right choice.

[edwardsmarkf]

once again, and as always, THANK YOU! you and your teams work and efforts are appreciated far more than you realize.

[Ilia]

You’re welcome! And, thank you for your kind words!