{"id":3285,"date":"2019-01-06T12:41:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T07:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2019-01-06T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T07:11:47","slug":"how-to-install-webmin-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-install-webmin-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date posted: 06\/01\/2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webmin&nbsp;is a web-based OS system configuration tool for Unix-like systems such as&nbsp; Linux, solaris and FreeBSD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is released under BSD 3-clause \u201cNew\u201d or \u201cRevised\u201d License.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webmin helps to manage the operating system\u2019s internal such as changing passwords,  file system, process, disk quotas, scheduled jobs,&nbsp; software packages, system logs and much more user friendly to system administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confirm your Linux platform is Ubuntu 18.0.4 by using following command <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n# cat \/etc\/os-release\nNAME=&quot;Ubuntu&quot;\nVERSION=&quot;18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)&quot;\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Webmin Installation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 1 <\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Install dependencies for Webmin.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo apt install -y perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl apt-show-versions python apt-transport-https\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Add Webmin package repository to the system.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\necho &quot;deb http:\/\/download.webmin.com\/download\/repository sarge contrib &quot; | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/webmin.list\n\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 3 <\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Download Webmin\u2019s GPG key.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nwget http:\/\/www.webmin.com\/jcameron-key.asc\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 4 <\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Import Webmin\u2019s GPG key into the system.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 5<\/strong> : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Update the repository index.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo apt update\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 6<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Install Webmin package using the apt command.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo apt install -y webmin\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nReading package lists... Done\nBuilding dependency tree\nReading state information... Done\nThe following NEW packages will be installed:\n  webmin\n0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 281 not upgraded.\nNeed to get 15.6 MB of archives.\nAfter this operation, 172 MB of additional disk space will be used.\nGet:1 http:\/\/download.webmin.com\/download\/repository sarge\/contrib amd64 webmin all 1.890 &#x5B;15.6 MB]\nFetched 15.6 MB in 39s (400 kB\/s)\nSelecting previously unselected package webmin.\n(Reading database ... 128605 files and directories currently installed.)\nPreparing to unpack ...\/archives\/webmin_1.890_all.deb ...\nUnpacking webmin (1.890) ...\nProcessing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...\nSetting up webmin (1.890) ...\nWebmin install complete. You can now login to https:\/\/desktop:10000\/\nas root with your root password, or as any user who can use sudo\nto run commands as root.\nProcessing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ...\nProcessing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...\n\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control Webmin  activities:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To start the Webmin service, <strong>run<\/strong>:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo systemctl start webmin\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 . To stop the Webmin service, <strong>run:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo systemctl stop webmin\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.  To restart the Webmin service, <strong>run<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo systemctl restart webmin\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. To view the status of Webmin service, <strong>run<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: plain; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nsudo systemctl status webmin\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessing Webmin Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now open up a browser and visit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>https:\/\/your-ipaddress:10000<\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/webmin_login.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/webmin_login.png 318w, https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/webmin_login-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p 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