{"id":3813,"date":"2021-09-28T10:21:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T04:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helptoinstall.com\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:26:08","slug":"what-is-webmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostnats.com\/blog\/what-is-webmin\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Webmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Webmin is a great open-source software solution to do most of the UNIX takes graphically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is written in Perl Programming language and developed by Jamine Cameron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webmin is a web-based system administration tool for UNIX and UNIX-like systems, which allows us to configure, manage and monitor servers from the console or remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webmin allows a system administrator to configure user accounts, disk management, service management-click email, FTP, NFS Services database, and process management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Versions of Webmin are under a BSD-like license. It&#8217;s the latest version 1.981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are other tools based on Webmin:- Usermin, Virtualmin, and Cloudmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usermin is an interface for Webmail clients and its latest version is 1.830.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtualmin is all about managing Webhosting and cloud computing. It offers tools to manage websites mailboxes, databases, Web Applications, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest version of Virtualmin is 6.17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloudmin is a fork of Webmin that is used to handle virtualization systems such as Xen, KVM, and others. The most recent version is 9.4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-requisites to install Webmin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Review real-time resources like (CPU,RAM) process etcWebserver, because Webmin is a Web Based tool<\/li><li>Webmin is a third party tool, which could be installed from necessary repository<\/li><li>Fully qualified domain name with a DNS A record pointing to the IP of Webmin server<\/li><li>Supported OS:- Windows, Unix, Linux<\/li><li>Minimum 3 to 4 CPU&#8217;s and 4GB RAM is advocated<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pros of Webmin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Review real-time resources like (CPU,RAM) process etc<\/li><li>It&#8217;s a free software tool<\/li><li>Application can be adjusted as per our requirement<\/li><li>Flexible<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cons of Webmin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The biggest drawback to Webmin is it&#8217;s lack of scalability<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helptoinstall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.helptoinstall.com\/<\/a> for Cloud, Server Software Installation, and Migration Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webmin is a great open-source software solution to do most of the UNIX takes graphically. 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