Installation of Webmin on Ubuntu

Step 1: Firstly, we are downloading the key which consists of the Webmin repository.

sudo wget -q http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc 

Step 2: Now, we are going to append the Webmin GPG key as shown.

sudo apt-get add jcameron-key.asc

Step 3: Check the sources.list file to verify whether the key is added or not.

nano /etc/apt/sources.list 

Step 4: Now, update the repositories by using the following command.

sudo apt update

Step 5: Install the Webmin too by using apt manager. Execute the below command.

sudo apt install webmin

Step 6: Run the following command in order to allow Webmin through the firewall.

sudo ufw allow 10000

Step 7: Go to the web browser and navigate to the below localhost URL.

https://localhost:10000

Step 8: We can see there is a login page for the Webmin tool. Insert your credentials and click on the Sign-in button.

Step 9: We can see that we have got the System Information, along with this in the Dashboard there are various other services that can be used.

Administrators can administer Linux and Unix servers and systems using the web-based utility Webmin. You may manage user accounts, update and configure your system, monitor system logs, and emails, and carry out other administrative operations using the Webmin interface. We will go through installing and configuring the Webmin tool on an Ubuntu machine in this article. This tool is open-source to use and consumers various types of features.