How To - Install Webmin on Ubuntu Server

It has been a while since I have installed Webmin on Ubuntu Server. My old notes and most of the top search results no longer work in newer versions of Ubuntu.

This post will walk you through installing Webmin on the latest version of Ubuntu Server. I am running Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. If you don’t know what you are running, you can run this command:

lsb_release -a

You should see something like this in the output.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Release:        24.04
Codename:       noble

Now that you know what version you are running, you should be able to install it fairly easily with these commands:

sudo curl -o setup-repos.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webmin/webmin/master/setup-repos.sh; sudo bash setup-repos.sh

You can now run this command to install Webmin:

sudo apt install webmin

You will be told you need to download a bunch of items, and the output will tell you the size of the installation. Each machine will be slightly different. My machine told me this. I said “y” to install.

Need to get 39.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 226 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

How to Access Webmin and Login

You will need to enter the name of the server and port 10,000. Say my server name is media01; the URL would be:

HTTPS://media01.home.local:10000

What are Webmin's default login credentials?

Just use the same username and password you would use to SSH into the box.