Cockpit is a web-based app/interface that is used to administer and monitor servers and system resources. Two very fantastic things about cockpit is that: a) it has no locked-in feature, meaning you can use it alongside other similar tools b) when it is idle or not in use, it uses no memory neither does it consume any server resource. Please see Synology Surveillance365: Cloud-Based Camera Management Without an On-Premises Surveillance Server, and Strategic breakdown and step by step guide to upgrading to VBR 13.1.
And one of my favorite features is the ability to access the Linux terminal from the cockpit console. Here’s an article on the installation and configuration of Cockpit. See the following guide on how to install Cockpit on Ubuntu.
I will be explaining the installation process with the rpm command and right off the bat, I will say you are most likely going to experience some dependency resolution failures (depending on the package you downloaded and the Linux distribution) but do not fret, techdirectarchieve got you to the end.
Installation and configuration of Cockpit
Download/Installation of the Cockpit package and its dependencies. Thus, four of the most likely dependencies you may run into are cockpit based and they are
cockpit-system: wget URL (see image below for more information)
rpm –Uvh cockpit-system-195.6-1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm
cockpit-bridge: wget URL (see image below for more information)
rpm –Uvh cockpit-bridge-195.6-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm
cockpit-doc:
wget URL (see image for more information)
rpm –Uvh cockpit-doc-195.1-1.el7.centos.0.1.x86_64.rpm
cockpit-ws
wget URL (see image for more information)
rpm –Uvh cockpit-ws-195.6-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm
Download and install the cockpit package:
rpm –Uvh cockpit-195.6-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm
When the installation is done, start the service socket for the cockpit with systemctl start cockpit.socket and then enable it across reboots using systemctl enable cockpit.socket
Finally, configure firewall access using the following commands;
firewall-cmd --ass-service=cockpit
firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit –permanent
firewall-cmd --reload
Login to the cockpit console by going to your Linux web interface and typing http:your-i-p-address:9090 . e.g http:xx.xxx.xxx.xx:9090
In the installation and configuration of Cockpit, you’ll need to input your Linux login details. When you successfully log in, you will see a plethora of things about your system. Scroll down, you would see %CPU usage, Memory & Swap, Network Traffic, Disk I/O et cetera.
On the left side is a Navigation pane for the different Administration tools you can put to some good administrative use.
One thing you can conveniently do here is to save public SSH Keys.
As I mentioned, it has a very easy and user-friendly interface; just move the cursor around and click buttons.
I hope you have found this tutorial on Installation and configuration of Cockpit helpful.Please feel free to leave a comment below.
