Server administration with Cockpit

Fly by Sight

Conclusions

Cockpit turns out to be a practical collection of server management tools and understands how to leverage the capabilities of distribution standards like D-Bus and systemd. The software has been mature for some time, but the development team behind it is constantly expanding the tool and adding new features. The source code for the project is available from GitHub [10].

Infos

Cockpit: https://cockpit-project.org
Webmin: http://www.webmin.com
Project blog: https://cockpit-project.org/blog/
"Server management using Cockpit" by Tim Schürmann, ADMIN , issue 28, 2015, pg. 46, https://www.admin-magazine.com/Archive/2015/28/Server-administration-using-Cockpit/
Primary servers: https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/authentication.html
Defining machines: https://cockpit-project.org/guide/217/feature-machines.html
Cockpit and Virt-Manager: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.0_release_notes/rhel-8_0_0_release#virtualization_4
Own Your Bits: https://ownyourbits.com
Image Builder for Cockpit: https://github.com/weldr/lorax
Cockpit on GitHub: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit

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