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. 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.