The Cockpit is a powerful monitoring tool for GNU/Linux servers. It provides an interactive monitoring interface for administration via a web browser.

The Cockpit is available for Linux distros like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS and many others.

With the help of the cockpit, administrators can effortlessly execute tasks such as managing containers, network configurations, managing storage, log inspections, and several others. No additional configuration is required, it is ready to use once installed. The flexibility offered by this lightweight tool enables us to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

Few of the many features

1. Easy to use: Monitor your server through a web browser and tasks can be performed with a mouse.

2. Team friendly: Cockpit provides a friendly interface for those who are new to Linux.

3. Design: The simple design helps the users to access different modules just in a mouse click.

4. Efficient: Only consumes CPU and Memory while active.

5. Multi-server: Multiple servers can be monitored and administered at the same time.

6. Free: Absolutely free to use

7. Embedded terminal: Cockpit comes with a built-in terminal. This eliminates the usage of connection over SSH and switching between applications. This helps to run commands from the cockpit.

8. Secure: Storing data and policies are not required.

9. System overview: Understand the performance of the server by the live update.

10. Troubleshoot: Fix the errors with ease:

• Inspect logs
• React to non-responding services
• Fix network issues

Installing and Enabling Cockpit

The process includes the following:

• Install cockpit package
• Starting and enabling the cockpit services
• Open the port for the cockpit

How to Use Cockpit in Linux

After installation, administrators can easily access the cockpit via the web browser. Log in as the normal user with setting up a new user account. You can also authenticate as root user while performing administrative tasks.

https://ip-address:9090
OR
https://server.domain.com:9090