Ubuntu 18.10: Install Webmin for web base system admin

This article will describe installing Webmin which is a web base system administrator tool.

1 Install Webmin

Add Webmin repository and install webmin package.

$ URL="http://download.webmin.com/download/repository"
$ echo "deb ${URL} sarge contrib" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list
$ wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O - | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt update -y
$ sudo apt install -y webmin

1.1 Change port

Change "port" and "listen" in /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf. Run "sudo systemctl restart webmin".

$ sudo sed -e 's/^port=.*/port=10002/g' \
-e 's/^listen=.*/listen=10002/g' -i /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
$ sudo systemctl restart webmin

2 Access to Webmin

Access to 10000/tcp via https.

https://<server>:10000

Login with Linux user and password.

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