Cockpit Installation
Last updated: August 1, 2024
Cockpit is a tool for server administration that provides you with real-time information about your server's status. It displays data on CPU usage, filesystem statistics, processes, and other relevant details. One of the advantages of using Cockpit is that it does not consume any server resources until you log in to the control panel. The service is only activated when you access the control panel.
Cockpit enables you to perform various server administration tasks, such as managing users and addressing network issues. It also allows you to access a terminal from your computer or phone's browser. To log in and manage the system, Cockpit utilizes your system's users and sudo for privilege escalation. As a result, it does not introduce an additional layer of security considerations by creating a separate set of Cockpit-only users for your server.
Instructions
Using the below guides you can install Cockpit on various different Linux OS's.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 17.04 and later:
Install cockpit:
. /etc/os-release
sudo apt install -t ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports cockpit
Enable cockpit:
sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
Fedora
Install cockpit:
sudo dnf install cockpit
Enable cockpit:
sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
Ensure that the firewall is open:
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent
CentOS
CentOS 7 and later:
Install cockpit:
sudo yum install cockpit
Enable cockpit:
sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
Open the firewall:
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=cockpit
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Debian
Debian 10 and later:
To get the latest version, we recommend to enable the backports repository (as root):
. /etc/os-release
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports main" > \
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
apt update
Install or update the package:
apt install -t ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports cockpit
Rocky Linux
Rocky Linux 8 and later:
Install cockpit
sudo yum install cockpit
Enable cockpit:
sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
Allow port through firewall:
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload