For anything more than a quick test install I almost always install Webmin and CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) to help manage the server.

CSF

Installing CSF is very straightforward and provides full instructions here.

wget http://www.configserver.com/free/csf.tgz
tar -xzf csf.tgz
cd csf
sudo sh install.sh

if csf installed successfully, you can now remove the directory created.

cd ..
rm -fr csf/ csf.tgz

Webmin

I install webmin with apt-get.

First we have to add the repository. Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib

Install the GPG key

wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
rm jcameron-key.asc

Update & Install webmin

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install webmin

Now you can access webmin at https://your-ip-address:10000

StressFree theme

The first thing I always do after installing webmin is install the StressFree Theme from https://code.google.com/p/webmin-theme-stressfree/. I wish webmin would adopt this theme for it’s default. Feel free to skip installing this theme if you wish.

To install the theme:

• log into webmin.
• Goto Webmin -> Webmin Configuration
• Webmin Themes
• Select the Install theme tab
• Copy the download link from the webmin-theme-stressfree downloads link (https://webmin-theme-stressfree.googlecode.com/files/theme-stressfree-2.10.tar.gz as of this writing)
• Back in webmin, select the ‘From ftp or https URL’ and paste the link copied.
• Select install theme
• Once installed, select ‘Return to themes list’
• StessFree theme should now be an option in the Current theme selection