Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers
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HN comment orderPeople who decry graphical admin interfaces in favor of command line are missing the wood for the trees. Sure, clickops is no way to run a server - but neither, if we’re honest, is ssh. For a working machine, server state should be reproducible from scratch. Install an OS, add software, apply configuration, leave well alone. If you’re going in with ssh or cockpit you’re just going to screw something up. So the only reason you should be working on…
I watched this year's Fosdem talk on Cockpit[0] and was seriously impressed. It looks like there is a contender for an easy-to-use Linux web admin. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq6Vbwl-HqM
I set it up for my handrolled homelab server automation ( all Arch Linux servers ), back when I was doing everything with virsh. It worked "ok". It required pulling in a bunch of dependencies I wouldn't have normally installed. I had it set up behind an HAproxy LB, with ssl terminated at the LB. When I was using it ~1 year ago, it was pretty buggy, and certain components would crash and I would have to restart the web…
If you haven't seen this before, you should definitely give it a try. I am a big CLI person but I still find it useful, especially for displaying/visualizing metrics/performance. If you're on a RHEL or Fedora base, it might be already installed and running. You just hit it on port 9090 with your web browser, and log in with your OS creds (same that you use for SSH). If it's not installed yet and/or you want to also add performance…
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-11 | Cockpit – server manager | ilikehunny | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-09-04 | Cockpit makes it easy to administer your GNU/Linux servers via a web browser | ashitlerferad | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-05-25 | The Cockpit Project | perryprog | 2 | 1 |
| 2018-02-23 | Cockpit – Administer Linux servers via a web browserFirst breakout | rayascott | 377 | 148 |
| 2020-03-17 | Cockpit – Web-based interface for Linux servers | heywire | 3 | 1 |
| 2021-02-19 | Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for serversHall induction | gilad | 347 | 126 |
| 2022-05-19 | Cockpit Project | tambourine_man | 325 | 80 |
| 2023-10-16 | Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for serversBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 470 | 192 |
| 2025-10-24 | Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers | nalinidash | 5 | 0 |