How To Install Webmin on Ubuntu 24.04|22.04|20.04

In this guide, we will cover the steps to install Webmin on Ubuntu Linux distributions. Webmin is the leading open source web-based Linux/Unix system administration control panel.

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You can use Webmin to set up user accounts, manager Apache web server, DNS Server, samba and File configuration, email servers, package management, manage database servers e.t.c.

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Install Webmin on Ubuntu

We will install Webmin on Ubuntu using the APT repository. Install required dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim apt-transport-https curl wget software-properties-common -y

Once the repository is added, import GPG key used to sign packages in the repository:

wget https://download.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
cat jcameron-key.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/jcameron-key.gpg >/dev/null

Add Webmin repository to your Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib"

Then update system and install Webmin package:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install webmin

If the installation goes well, you should get output similar to below:

Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl webmin
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 109 not upgraded.
Need to get 28.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 306 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

If you have an active UFW firewall service, allow port 10000:

sudo ufw allow 10000

Access Webmin Interface

Now that you have installed Webmin on Ubuntu, open your server URL/IP address port 10000, e.g https://192.168.17.51:10000

Login with your server privileged user account to start administering your system from a web interface.

To reset root user password, run:

sudo passwd root

Example of Webmin Modules:

• BIND DNS Server: Create and edit domains, DNS records, BIND options and views
• BSD Firewall : Configure a BSD firewall using IPFW, by creating and editing rules
• DHCP Server: Manage shared networks, subnets, hosts, and groups for ISC DHCPD
• CD Burner: Burn data CDs from ISO images or selected directories
• File Manager : View, edit and change permissions on files and directories on your system with a Windows-like file manager
• Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server: Configure the Dovecot IMAP and POP3 mail retrieval server
• LDAP Server: Manage the OpenLDAP server and objects in its database     All operating systems
• MySQL Database Server: Setup databases, tables, and permissions in your MySQL database server
• Linux RAID: Create RAID 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 10 and linear devices on a Linux system
• SSL certificates: Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate requests
• IPsec VPN Configuration: Set up a client or server for an IPsec VPN using FreeSWAN

Thanks for installing Webmin on Ubuntu LTS versions mentioned in the start of our guide.

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