Cockpit: A browser-based Linux administration tool

Cockpit is a tool sponsored by Red Hat, for web-based administration of Linux servers. It provides a user-friendly, bloat-free, secure server management interface.

This post is intended for the Uni Datacenter users who already have access to our Virtual Machines / Clusters, with Cockpit access. If you are facing any difficulties, please reach out to admin-help@uni-datacenter.com.

To access the Cockpit panel, you have to log in to your Uni Datacenter VMs using your credentials. Find the post on 'How to login to Uni Datacenter Clusters' . We need an SSH tunnel that can be created using the following command during the login process:

$ ssh -X <user>@<clusterName>.uni-datacenter.com -L 9090:localhost:9090

The tunnel needs to listen to the 9090 port of your VM, where the Cockpit is sending all the information. We can now have access to all the data of Cockpit at https://localhost:9090. The Cockpit has modules that can control user management, network management, storage, virtual machine management, and more.

Once you have opened the Cockpit at https://localhost:9090, you will be asked to log in to your dashboard using the regular login credentials.

If you have any queries or problems related to Cockpit access for your computing space, please contact admin-help@uni-datacenter.com.