How-To: Install Webmin on openSUSE Leap 15.3

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This guide will cover how to install a very handy server management tool called Webmin. We are going to install Webmin on openSUSE Leap 15.3

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What is Webmin?

Webmin is a web based interface for system administration of linux/unix systems. Some modules of Webmin include the ability to modify user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing, and more. It makes server management intuitive and simple with its rich web-based interface.

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Pre-Installation

First we are going to need to take care of a few dependencies before we can install Webmin.

vulnifo@opensuse-test:~> sudo zypper install apache2 openssl openssl-devel perl perl-Encode-Detect

Now use wget to get the webmin rpm. Webmin 1.979 is the current version as of this writing, which can be found here.

vulnifo@opensuse-test:~> wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/webadmin/files/webmin/1.979/webmin-1.979-1.noarch.rpm

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Install Webmin

Now we simply need to install it using the rpm command.

vulnifo@opensuse-test:~> sudo rpm -ivh webmin-1.979-1.noarch.rpm 
warning: webmin-1.979-1.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 11f63c51: NOKEY
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Operating system is SuSE Linux
Updating / installing...
   1:webmin-1.979-1                   ################################# [100%]
Webmin install complete. You can now login to https://opensuse-test.xxxxxxxx.com:10000/
as root with your root password.

After this is done, we can now open a browser and access our new Webmin control panel by using the IP or hostname and port 10000

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Accessing Webmin

Our test server is at 172.16.1.33, so we will use the following syntax in the web browser. Don’t forget to use https here.

https://172.16.1.33:10000

You should be greeted with the Webmin login panel. Login with user root and your systems root password.

After logging in you’ll be presented with the Webmin dashboard.

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Conclusion

You should now have successfully installed Webmin on openSUSE leap 15.3. Webmin is a very useful tool for linux/unix management. The rich web-based interface makes device management intuitive and simple. Any questions or comments feel free to comment below or contact us for help!

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