Ubuntu Server and Webmin NAS File Server

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Why a Webmin/*buntu based NAS?

There are a lot options to make your own fileserver for use with LinuxMCE. Many people use FreeNAS to set up great little NAS servers for use with LinuxMCE. However, there are several advantages of using Webmin to administer your own NAS fileserver:

  • Installs over top of Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu easily. This means that it can run transparently on you Ubuntu desktop computer for example. In my usage, I have installed webmin over a Kubuntu-8.10 computer, which also doubles as my development builder. This isn't possible with FreeNAS.
  • FreeNAS throughput has been shown in many tests to have lower throughput than other NAS servers (this includes Ubuntu installtions running Webmin)
  • Webmin has a nice, web-based interface to do pretty much anything you need on a Linux server
  • Webmin also lets your run other server software easily, such as Apache, MySQL, etc.


How to Install

The first thing you must do, obviously, is decide what you are going to install Webmin on. It will run well on all flavors of Ubuntu. For the lightest installation possible, install webmin on Ubuntu Server. 1)Install your base Ubuntu Server (or preferred flavor of Ubuntu)onto your PC 2) Go to the Webmin website [www.webmin.com] and download the latest .deb installer file. 3) Install the webmin .deb package. If you are using Ubuntu Server and have no GUI, you can do this from the command prompt. For example: 

sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.490_all.deb
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