This tutorial shows how to install the latest version of Webmin via its official apt repository in Ubuntu 18.04 server and receive future updates.

Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool to configure operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services or configuration files, as well as modify and control open-source apps, such as the Apache HTTP Server, PHP or MySQL.

Login your Ubuntu server and run following commands one by one to add Webmin apt repository and install the software.

1.) First run command to install required packages to manage the repositories.

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common apt-transport-https

2.) Download and install the repository key via command:

wget -q http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

3.) Finally add the Webmin’s official apt repository by running command:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib"

4.) After that, you can install the latest version of the software in any time via commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install webmin

Or you can setup automatic software updates to make it always up-to-date.

To get access to the Ubuntu server via webmin, in your client’s web browser go to https://SERVER-IP:10000. And login with root or any user who can use ‘sudo‘.

Note: If you installed ufw , you have to run command sudo ufw allow 10000 to allow Webmin through the firewall.

5.) (Optional) To remove the apt repository, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove "deb https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib"

And remove the Webmin via command:

sudo apt-get remove webmin

This tutorial shows how to install the latest version of Webmin in Ubuntu Linux from its official repository.

As you may know, Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.

To get started, login your remote server and follow the steps below:

1. Run below command to edit the source file:

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Press i on keyboard to start editing the file and add this line into the end:

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib

Press Esc to exit edit. Shift + : and followed by wq to save the changes.

3. Now execute command to download and install the key:

wget -q http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

4. After that, you can always use below commands to install the latest version of Webmin:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install webmin

Finally in your client’s web browser go to the webmin login page https://ubuntu-serverip:10000