Ajenti is an open-source web-based system management control panel designed for managing remote Linux system administration tasks via a web browser, closely resembling the Webmin system administration tool.

Ajenti is a powerful yet lightweight utility that delivers a fast and responsive web interface. It's ideal for managing small server setups, as well as VPS and Dedicated servers.

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It comes with numerous built-in plugins for configuring and monitoring server software and services such as Apache, Cron, File System, Firewall, MySQL, Nginx, Munin, Samba, FTP, Squid, and developer tools like File Manager, Code Editor, and Terminal access.

Requirements

• Debian 9 or newer
• Ubuntu Bionic or newer
• RHEL 8 or newer

This article will guide you through installing the Ajenti Control Panel on a fresh Linux system, allowing you to manage various Linux server administration tasks using a web browser.

Installing Ajenti Control Panel in Linux

To begin the installation of Ajenti, first ensure your system’s packages are updated and upgraded to their latest versions by running the commands below:

<code>$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y    [On <strong>Ubuntu & Debian</strong>]
$ sudo dnf update && sudo dnf upgrade -y    [On <strong>RHEL</strong>]</code>

Once updates are complete, restart the system before proceeding with the Ajenti installation.

<code>$ sudo systemctl reboot</code>

After the system reboots, download the Ajenti installation script using the curl command below. This will install Ajenti along with all necessary dependencies.

Install Ajenti on Debian/Ubuntu

<code>$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajenti/ajenti/master/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash -s -</code>

Install Ajenti on RHEL/Rocky & AlmaLinux

For RHEL-based distributions, enable the EPEL repository to install required dependencies for Ajenti:

<code>$ sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
$ dnf install -y gcc python3-devel python3-pip python3-pillow python3-augeas python3-dbus chrony openssl-devel redhat-lsb-core</code>

Once the dependencies are installed, proceed with installing Ajenti using the same installation script:

<code>$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajenti/ajenti/master/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash -s -</code>

Upon completion of the Ajenti installation, allow traffic through port “8000” on the firewall/router to access the web interface remotely.

<code>$ sudo ufw allow 8000   [On <strong>Ubuntu & Debian</strong>]
$ sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=8000/tcp  [On <strong>RHEL</strong>]
$ sudo firewall-cmd --reload</code>

To access the Ajenti control panel web interface, launch a web browser and enter the IP address of the server where Ajenti was installed. Log in using your system credentials: username “root” and the root password.

<code>https://localhost:8000
OR
https://ip-address:8000</code>

Use the following commands to manage the Ajenti service (start, stop, restart, check status):

<code>$ sudo systemctl stop ajenti
$ sudo systemctl start ajenti
$ sudo systemctl restart ajenti
$ sudo systemctl status ajenti</code>

Uninstall Ajenti Control Panel in Linux

Ajenti consists of Python modules installed via pip, along with a systemd service script. To completely remove it, first delete the systemd script, then uninstall the Python libraries, and finally remove any configuration files.

<code>$ sudo systemctl stop ajenti.service
$ sudo systemctl disable ajenti.service
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo rm -f /lib/systemd/system/ajenti.service</code>

Next, remove all Python modules associated with Ajenti:

<code>$ sudo pip3 uninstall -y aj ajenti-panel ajenti.plugin.ace ajenti.plugin.auth-users ajenti.plugin.core ajenti.plugin.dashboard ajenti.plugin.filesystem ajenti.plugin.passwd ajenti.plugin.plugins ajenti.plugin.session-list ajenti.plugin.settings</code>

If you no longer need the configuration files, delete the /etc/ajenti/ directory:

<code>$ sudo rm -rf /etc/ajenti/</code>

For more information, visit the official Ajenti website.

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