Install webmin on Ubuntu
what is Webmin?
Webmin is a great tool for unix system administrators. With Webmin you can easily config and manage a server from a web browser. You will be able to manage Users, Apache, mySQL, DNS, File system, Backup and many more
What you need in order to install Webmin
Since this is a web based tool you will need a web server like Apache. If you already have Apache installed please skip this step:
Ok lets install Apache.
You can install Apache2 from the Terminal by using:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2
when the installation finish Apache is up and running and you can test that by point your web browser to http://localhost/
The default site will came up with a message that says “it works”.This html file is located under your local file system in folder /var/www/
Lets go on the next step “How to install webmin on Ubuntu”
How to install webmin on Ubuntu
for desktop users you can download a debian package from the official site of webmin and install it with “Ubuntu Software Center”. just download and double click on the package. For non desktop or for terminal users please follow the steps bellow:
open a terminal and type:
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following at the end of this file
##webmin rep
deb http://download.webmin.com.download/repository sarge contrib
save and exit. Now you need to add GPG KEY.
open a terminal and type:
wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
Now you can install webmin with apt-get
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install webmin
Now you can access webmin from a browser at the following address
Login to webmin
Webmin is a tool to manage and make changes to your system visually and you have login with the root user in order to let webmin make changes to your system.
Root user on Ubuntu is disabled by default. so to enable root user open a aterminal and type:
sudo passwd root
type a password for root user and you are ready.
now you can login to webmin with username “root” and password the password you choose for root user
