Installing Webmin on Ubuntu 22.10

A guide for installing Webmin on Ubuntu 22.10 from the official documentation: https://webmin.com/download/.

Installing webmin

1. SSH server and make sure you have super user access (sudo) or root.

2. Type $ lsb_release -a to check your Ubuntu version.

3. Create a webmin directory and cd into that folder to store the setup script.

4. Type the command below to download the setup script.

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    $ curl setup-repos.sh https:// raw.githubusercontent.com/webmin/webmin/master/setup-repos.sh
   

5. Type ls -la to check if the script can be executed. If not, type the command

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    $ chmod 744 setup-repos.sh  # change file permissions
    $ ls -la  # check if file is now executable
   

6. Execute script $ sh setup-repos.sh

7. Check firewall if port 10000 is open with the command ufw status. If it is not open, allow port 10000 through ufw allow 10000/tcp

8. Install webmin with the following command: apt-get install --install-recommends webmin

9. Navigate to https://:10000 in a browser to access webmin. You should be able to login using the account you used for the SSH.

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