Installation

To install Cockpit:

$ dnf install cockpit

To enable Cockpit:

$ systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

SSL Certificate

SSL certificate should be stored in /etc/cockpit/ws-certs.d with a .cert extension. The file should contain the certificate and its private key.

To check which certificate cockpit-ws will use:

$ remotectl certificate

See Cockpit Certificates.

SSL Ciphers

SSL ciphers are defined in /etc/systemd/system/cockpit.service.d/ssl.conf, for example:

[Service]
Environment=G_TLS_GNUTLS_PRIORITY=NORMAL:%COMPAT

Authentication

When running as a container cockpit will establish SSH to the underlying host.

Cockpit can use TLS client certificates for authenticating users. This requires the host to be in an Identity Management domain like FreeIPA or Active Directory, which can associate certificates to users.

See also:

• Cockpit Authentication

• Certificate/smart card authentication

Cockpit API

Cockpit has API available for writing packages. There is no API available for external callers to invoke via HTTP, REST or otherwise.

See also:

• Using Cockpit API

• Developer Guide

• Creating Plugins for the Cockpit User Interface

Containerization

See also:

• Cockpit Kubernetes

• Cockpit Systemd

• How to run systemd in a container

See Also

• Cockpit Project

• GitHub Cockpit