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Cockpit

Cockpit is a lightweight, browser-based admin console for managing a single Linux server — services, storage, networking, logs, and terminal access — using your normal system login.

Target: Linux (Debian / Ubuntu / Fedora / RHEL)System AdministrationOfficial homepage ↗Official docs ↗
This guide is synthesized from Cockpit's own official documentation, linked above — always cross-check exact package/version names there before running these commands on a production server, since distro and project versions move over time.

  1. 1Install on Debian / Ubuntu

    . /etc/os-release
    sudo apt install -t ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports cockpit

    The package enables and starts the service automatically.

  2. 2Install on Fedora

    sudo dnf install cockpit
    sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

  3. 3Install on RHEL

    sudo yum install cockpit
    sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

  4. 4Open the firewall (Fedora/RHEL)

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

  5. 5Log in

    Open https://ip-address:9090 and sign in with your normal system user account and password.