Cockpit is an interactive server admin interface. It is easy to use and very lightweight. Cockpit interacts directly with the operating system from a real Linux session in a browser.
You can install Cockpit on many Linux operating systems including Debian, Fedora and RHEL.
Cockpit makes Linux discoverable, allowing sysadmins to easily perform tasks such as starting containers, storage administration, network configuration, inspecting logs and so on.
This post explains how to install Cockpit on Fedora 38 OS.
Refer Fedora Workstation 38 Installation for installation of Fedora Workstation 38
To install cockpit run below command
sudo dnf install cockpit -yEnable cockpit service by running below command
sudo systemctl enable cockpit.socket --nowConfigure firewall to add the cockpit service to firewalld and open port 9090 in the firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reloadAccess cockpit web interface at http://<system-ip>:9090 using a browser. Enter user credentials to login to the cockpit application.
Cockpit landing page is loaded after successful login
