Install cockpit¶

Requirements¶

To install cockpit you will need the following:

• a installed and supported operating system (e.g. CentOS 8.x)
• root-access
• a fast internet connection

Preliminary Note¶

This procedure is based on a documentation supplied by https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-use-cockpit-tool-centos8-rhel8/

Install¶

yum install cockpit

Configure Service¶

systemctl start cockpit.socket
systemctl enable cockpit.socket

Configure Firewall¶

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=cockpit
firewall-cmd --reload

Check up and running¶

systemctl status cockpit.socket
ss -tunlp | grep cockpit
ps auxf|grep cockpit

Test / Access¶

https://<Your-CentOS8/RHEL8-System-IP>:9090