red hat cockpit

1. cockpit server to connect via browser
2. cockpit client which runs on you workstation and does not need a cockpit server

use cockpit workstation client

1. type "localhost" to connect to local machine
2. type user@ip or user@dns to connect to remote. Allows to use ssh key as well as password.

use cockpit server

Runs on port 9090.

Can be used on host it runs on. The Host switcher feature is deprecated and tzhe connection feature only allows username + password and not ssh.

install

cockpit server

sudo dnf install cockpit -y
sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
sudo dnf install cockpit-podman -y
sudo dnf install cockpit-machines -y
sudo dnf install cockpit-files -y

Only allows to connect to other servers via password. Does not support to connect to other server with ssh.

cockpit workstation client

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