To setup the web based VDR administration tool vdradmin-am (which is a fork of vdradmin) just follow the instructions below:

1. Install the required package:

   # sudo apt-get install vdradmin-am

2. Setup your the user name and password in /var/lib/vdradmin-am/vdradmind.conf:

   PASSWORD = your-secret-password
   USERNAME = vdr

3. Enable vdradmin-am in /etc/default/vdradmin-am:

   ENABLED="1"

4. Start vdradmin-am:

   # sudo /etc/init.d/vdradmin-am start

5. Use the URL http://your-hostname:8001 to access the vdradmin-am’s web interface.