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30 05 2009

Install Webmin on Ubuntu Server 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

Posted by: Andrei in Linux

I am a big fan of Ubuntu Server. It’s exactly what you need for a server, no fancy UI, just services.
Dealing with all the text configuration files can be a time consuming task and there is something that can help a lot. It’s called Webmin and it is a web interface for configuring your linux box.
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You need to install first some perl-related libraries required by webmin:

sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl


The you need to download the latest webmin archive (this might change in time). I am downloading the Debian package:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.470_all.deb

wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb

(thanks @macrocode)

Install the Debian package with dpkg, not Aptitude:
sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.470_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.500_all.deb

* Your downloaded version may differ. Just use the deb package you’ve just downloaded.

Enjoy your Webmin installation at https://[serverIP]:10000 .
What I am normally doing is forwarding the port 10000 out of my router and access my webmin from anywhere on the internet. You can forward it to another port and to be user-friendly and easy-to-remember you can use DynDNS to pick a nice name.

Enjoy!

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37 Responses to “Install Webmin on Ubuntu Server 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope”
  1. SBNo Gravatar says:
    May 31st, 2009 at 2:55 am

    Thanks for the guide !!!
    It helped a sudo ubuntu newbee get his file server online.

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    May 31st, 2009 at 10:08 pm

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  3. DaybrinjerNo Gravatar says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 5:51 am

    You may have to open ports too, didn’t see that in your article.
    $ sudo ufw allow 10000

  4. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 8:36 am

    Actually this is not required on Ubuntu Server, but you are right.
    Thanks for completing this.

  5. MTNo Gravatar says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    Hrm…every time I run the apt-get command to get the libraries I get \Couldn’t find package libnet-ssleay-perl\. I went ahead and installed webmin and it’s running without ssl…any ideas on that error?

  6. MTNo Gravatar says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    okay…fixed now… had to run apt-get update
    😐

  7. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    Great! good luck with what you’re doing!

  8. Japan ShahNo Gravatar says:
    June 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Thanks, its working.

  9. ApKNo Gravatar says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    Hey there,
    I’m a big Webmin fan too, and am new to Ubuntu. I see older articles saying that Webmin had been dropped from the Ubuntu distro a while back because of config file incompatibilities.
    Has this been resolved in newer versions?
    That is, are we sure the newest Webmin is safe to use on 9.04 JJ?

    Thanks!

  10. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 pm

    Hi ApK,

    To be honest, I have absolutely no idea about any incompatibilities. The truth is that I installed in on several UbuntuServer based file servers and it’s working as a charm. Some of them are still on 8.10, some are upgraded to 9.04.

    So I would say it’s safe….

  11. armandNo Gravatar says:
    June 28th, 2009 at 6:57 am

    thanks for the quick tutorial!

  12. pizzamanNo Gravatar says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Webmin was dropped from Debian and hence Ubuntu since dapper. I would be very careful depending on Webmin in production environments. For more information look here https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/2873

  13. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 9:38 am

    Thanks! I didn’t know that. It’s time to move to EBOX 🙂

  14. SleestakNo Gravatar says:
    July 31st, 2009 at 1:15 am

    Thanks. Piece of cake and works like a charm.

  15. ichatNo Gravatar says:
    September 13th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    Webmin was dropped from Debian and hence Ubuntu since dapper. I would be very careful depending on Webmin in production environments. For more information look here –

    your sources seem to be outdated.. webmin has changed sinds ubuntu 6,
    you might just tell me that electricity should not be used ever because in the early days – people may have died trying to get it working…

  16. yayanNo Gravatar says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    it’s didn’t work on my machine untuil i change sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.470_all.deb with the new webmin :
    sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.490_all.deb

    Thx

  17. Besk_StyleNo Gravatar says:
    September 29th, 2009 at 11:51 am

    HI,

    I tried to install it and i finished with succes but if i want to acces the Webmin ( i have a Fixed IP ) it says that it can’t connect ????:-(

    Any Ideas whats the Problem.

  18. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 12:19 am

    thanks yayan, I updated the post.

  19. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 12:23 am

    having that port blocked by your firewall maybe?

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  21. macrocodeNo Gravatar says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 7:10 am

    http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb would probably be a better source link to use, that way you don’t have to keep updating this page with the latest link.

  22. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    October 24th, 2009 at 8:41 am

    You are totally right! I didn’t know they have such a naming convention.

  23. RicoNo Gravatar says:
    October 28th, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    have installed it on my brand new ubuntu server and got it to work with dynamic ip. After I changed the ip to static I could log in but was greeted with a blank screen. Nothing, nada, no error just white. Did all I could think off, checked every log and searched all over the web and I am now giving up. Hope eBox will do the trick.!!!

  24. ToddNo Gravatar says:
    November 10th, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    I just installed Webmin on my new Ubuntu 9.10 server but can’t login because I don’t know the ‘default’ username and password? What are they? Do I have to create them somewhere first?

  25. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    November 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    the ‘default’ credentials are the same as your system account (the ones that you use when you are logging in ubuntu).

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  27. Tata DanoNo Gravatar says:
    December 19th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Hi,

    Its a nice and simple guide. Thanks.

    Regards, Tata

  28. crtlbreakNo Gravatar says:
    January 6th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    Exactly the way Ubuntu works!
    Simple and efficient guide.
    Thank you.

  29. MikeNo Gravatar says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 7:44 am

    I needed “sudo wget…” but everything else
    worked as written.

    The current package is 1.500

  30. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 9:23 am

    Updated now. Thank you!

  31. spikyjtNo Gravatar says:
    February 14th, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    I prefer running

    sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.500_all.deb

    first, which will fail, and then

    sudo apt-get install -f

    to install all the dependencies and finish configuration, in this instance. It is simpler and doesn’t require you to manually install a list of packages that may not be correct, nor may you still want them if you uninstall the manually downloaded package.

    Just my preferred way.

    Glad to know others are getting on well with Webmin on Ubuntu. It used to be clunky, but now looks much more polished and seems to work very smoothly. Ebox on the other hand, whilst looking very nice, does seem to lack features and has an intensely annoying menu system.

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  35. yoanNo Gravatar says:
    October 22nd, 2010 at 4:31 am

    There is an error up there it might be something that has happened after upgrading ubuntu server but if you guys are having issues installing try sudo dpkg -i webmin-current.deb instead of sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.500_all.deb the file just got saved with a different name that is all

  36. andreiashNo Gravatar says:
    November 3rd, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    webmin-current is just a wrapper and it is downloading a differently named file on your disk.
    As I can’t update the post every time webmin is releasing a new version, sudo dpkg -i webmin[TAB] should do the job

  37. RikNo Gravatar says:
    April 7th, 2011 at 11:28 am

    lifesaver! again i needed to do a webmin install and of all the tutorials out there this one rocks!
    thx

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