Red Hat supports cockpit as a server management tool to improve administrator's management efficiency. cockpit provides a user-friendly interface and is also supported on CentOS.
Original Korean article: Linux administrator tool – enable cockpit
cockpit function
- Cockpit is modular and can be expanded by installing additional modules.
- You can additionally set up multiple servers in one cockpit dashboard.
- cockpit uses a socket method and does not use memory during use.
- Cockpit can be accessed by a user with sudoer privileges, but cannot be accessed by root privileges.
Activate cockpit
The installation and connection methods are very simple. When you reboot after installing CentOS 8, the cockpit activation command is displayed at the top of the login page.
After logging in, enter the following code in the terminal.
sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socketAfter activation, reboot.
sudo rebootcockpit access
When you reboot, the connection link is initially displayed at the top.
Access https://localhost:9090/ or https://[ip]:9090/ in a web browser. It is displayed as private, but you can click Advanced, move to ‘Not Secure’, and access it.
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