Although your computer cannot verify the validity of the certificate, you know that you are, in fact, accessing your own server. This is because Webmin automatically generates and installs an SSL certificate upon installation, and this SSL certificate was not issued by a certificate authority that is trusted by your computer. You will be prompted with a warning that says your server’s SSL certificate is not trusted. Open this URL in your web browser (substitute the IP address): server_IP_address:10000 By default, Webmin will start with SSL/TLS enabled, so you will need to use HTTPS to connect to it. In a web browser, access your server’s Webmin login page via its public IP address (the same IP address you used to login via SSH) on port 10000. Now run this apt-get command to install Webmin: sudo apt-get install webminĪfter the installation is complete, the Webmin service will start automatically.
This command will do that: wget -q -O- | sudo apt-key add -īefore installing Webmin, you must update apt-get’s package lists: sudo apt-get update Now add the Webmin GPG key to apt, so the source repository you added will be trusted. When you are finished editing, save the file by pressing Ctrl-X, then y, RETURN. Now press Ctrl-W then Ctrl-V to navigate to the end of the file, then add the following lines to the file: deb sarge contrib If you are prompted for a “ password”, enter your user’s password. We will use nano in this tutorial: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list On your server, open the sources.list file in your favorite text editor. To install Webmin via apt-get, you must first add the Webmin repository to your sources.list file. Let’s get started with the Webmin installation! Install Webmin Log in to your server as the new user that you created (or root) via SSH (substitute your user name and server IP address here): ssh server_IP_addressĪnswer the password prompt to complete the login process. Note that you are required to use password-based authentication enabled to log in to your server via Webmin.
This user will also be used to login to the Webmin interface, and Webmin will use the credentials to administer your server.
It is recommended that you set up a non-root user with sudo access by following steps 1-3 of this link: Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 14.04. To install Webmin, you will need to have access to a user with root privileges.
This tutorial covers the installation of Webmin with SSL using apt-get on Ubuntu 14.04. If you want to manage your own server but you are uncomfortable with the command line, Webmin is a good tool to help you get started. It provides an easy alternative to command line system administration and can be used to manage various aspects of a system, such as users and services, through the use of the provided Webmin modules. Webmin is a web-based system administration tool for Unix-like systems.
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