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.
You need to install first some perl-related libraries required by webmin:
The you need to download the latest webmin archive (this might change in time). I am downloading the Debian package:
(thanks @macrocode)
Install the Debian package with dpkg, not Aptitude:
* 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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Nice easy to folllow instructions. Thanks!
I just made a similar tutorial on my Ubuntu tutorials website http://ubuntu-for-humans.blogspot.com/2009/11/install-webmin-on-ubuntu-server.html . I gave you the credit for it. Thanks!
Hey i’m having some trouble installing Webmin. It says that it failed to fetch the perl-related libraries can you guys help me
killingdrew
You don’t need to install the libraries needed, first download, then dpkg -i it. It will ask for the dependencies, just do this;
sudo apt-get install -f
This is better since webmin’s dependencies might change over time.
you can do an:
apt-get update
just to make sure you have the latest package repository info
I installed webmin on my server everything went like you guys said it would but now i go to http://[serverip]:1000 and I get a problem loading page. I know the servers not down cause I’m logged into the root through putty
make sure you use https instead of http, as webmin is available through SSL.
second, serverip is your server IP address, so change that with the IP address
third, the port is not 1000, is 10000 (ten thousands).
let me know if it’s working with the changes above
i think it is a good idea to follow guide on webmin page,and even more so, since they teach you how to add repository and in this way stay up to date, and that is VERY important if you are planning to expose webmin for any potentially hostile network (even your home local network can be considered hostile…)
so the link:
http://www.webmin.com/deb.html
Awesome, thanks. Easy guide, worked perfectly
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Thanks, Very simple!
Awesome, beautiful. Thanks
Thank you very much! Clear, concise, & accurate.
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