CentOS 8.x cockpit install and enable

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We can install and enable cockpit on CentOS 8.x using:

1. Install cockpit packages:

   dnf -y install cockpit

2. Enable cockpit socket in systemctl

   systemctl enable cockpit.socket
   systemctl start cockpit.socket

3. Allow cockpit port (TCP/9090) in firewall

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

4. Now it should be possible to connect on https://<ip-or-fqdn>:9090/ and login as root user to use cockpit

Note:

• There is also cockpit.service apart from cockpit.socket. The above steps are for starting and enabling cockpit.socket
• There is option to collect metrics and store them for historical graphs (CPU, Disk, Memory, etc.). This requires installing cockpit-pcp package

  yum -y install cockpit-pcp

  After this enable "Store metrics" option from cockpit web UI

Refer:

• https://www.linuxteck.com/how-to-install-cockpit-on-centos-8/

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