Connecting to Webmin - Paiet/SEC-440-Webmin GitHub Wiki

The only client software you need to start using Webmin is a web browser. You can connect to Webmin using your server's IP address or domain name. Webmin allows you to change which IP address, port, or domain name it will use for connections.

Getting ready

The first step is to check the IP address of your server. One way to do it is to run the ifconfig command. It will give you lots of information about network interfaces configured on your system, including the IP address for each one under the heading inet addr. You will have at least two network interfaces on your system. One will be called lo, and this is the local loopback interface used only for connections originating from the host/same machine. This will have an IP of 127.0.0.1. The other interface will most likely be named eth0 or end, your machine's primary network adapter. To connect from another computer, note this IP address.

How to do it...

You can connect to Webmin by performing the following steps:

1. Open your web browser and type in the following address, but substitute the words webmin.host with your server's IP address or domain name: https://webmin.host:10000.

Tip

Suppose your browser reports that it could not establish a connection to the server. In that case, AppArmor (Ubuntu), SELinux (CentOS), or some other firewall on the server might be blocking incoming connections. On FreeBSD, the default firewall is called iptables, and you can direct it to allow all incoming TCP traffic on port 10000 by issuing the following command: $ iptables -I INPUT -p top --dport 10000 -j ACCEPT