wikiCockpit
Cockpit is a web-based graphical user interface for Linux servers. Cockpit is intended as an administration interface for Linux newcomers (including Windows administrators) as well as for experienced Linux administrators. Cockpit is mainly developed by Red Hat. It supports numerous Linux distributions, e.g. Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu and others.
Installation
In the following example, Cockpit is used on a Debian system. The installation is carried out simply via apt:
$ sudo apt install cockpit
Web interface
The following screenshots show impressions of the web interface. Cockpit's range of functions can be significantly expanded by installing additional components.
Login
Overview (Limited access)
Click on Turn on administrative access and enter the password again. You will then receive administrative rights via sudo.
Overview
Overview ‣ Hardware information
Overview ‣ Metrics and history
Click on Install cockpit-pcp and then Install to record historical data.
Log out.
After logging in again, no historical data is visible at first.
After a short time, the first data will be displayed.
Logs
Storage
Networking
Accounts
Services
Applications
Software updates
Terminal
Further information
- Cockpit Project
- Managing Linux servers with Cockpit (lwn.net, 20.04.2024)
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Author: Werner Fischer Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.
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