Virtualmin is a powerful and user-friendly web hosting control panel that can simplify the management of multiple web domains, email accounts, databases, and more on a single Linux server. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Virtualmin on your Linux Mint system.
Before installing Virtualmin, it's essential to update the system packages and repositories to ensure that we have the latest versions and security patches. Open the terminal and run the following commands:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade -y
Virtualmin has some dependencies that need to be installed first, so we'll start by installing the following packages:
$ sudo apt install -y wget perl perl-base perl-modules unzip libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libdigest-md5-perl libxml-simple-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl
The Virtualmin installation script is available on the official website. Let's download and run the script with the following one-liner command:
$ sudo wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh -O install.sh && sudo /bin/sh install.sh
This will prompt you for several configurations, such as the server's IP address, hostname, and network interface. You can leave most of these settings as default unless you have a specific reason to change them.
The installation process may take some time to complete, depending on your system and internet speed. Once completed, you should be able to access the Virtualmin web interface by visiting https://YOUR_SERVER_IP:10000 on your web browser.
So far, you have successfully installed Virtualmin on your Linux Mint system. To access the Virtualmin admin console, open your favorite web browser and navigate to https://YOUR_SERVER_IP:10000. You will be prompted to enter the root user account and password for the system. Once logged in, you can start managing your web hosting domains, email accounts, databases, and more from the Virtualmin dashboard.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Virtualmin on Linux Mint, which is one of the most popular and robust web hosting control panels out there. We hope you find this tutorial useful and easy to follow. If you have any further queries or feedback, kindly leave them in the comments section below.
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