How To Install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8

cockpit-bridge is Cockpit bridge server-side component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8.

What is `cockpit-bridge`

The Cockpit bridge component installed server side and runs commands on the system on behalf of the web based user interface.

We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-bridge.

Install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cockpit-bridge using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-bridge

Install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cockpit-bridge using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cockpit-bridge

How To Uninstall cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cockpit-bridge package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cockpit-bridge

cockpit-bridge Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/cockpit/machines.d
/usr/bin/cockpit-bridge
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/667425686adaac7dba3cfbc3895d624847d499
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/f7dd1006a214e1b3314d271834e60546e17b17
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/53837290651162e108a92301826aa8c33eed69
/usr/libexec/cockpit-askpass
/usr/libexec/cockpit-ssh
/usr/share/cockpit/base1
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/cockpit.css.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/cockpit.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/fonts
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/fonts/fontawesome.woff
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/fonts/glyphicons.woff
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/fonts/patternfly.woff
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/manifest.json
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/patternfly.css.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.cs.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.de.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.es.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.fi.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.fr.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.he.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.it.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.ja.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.ko.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.nl.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.pl.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.pt_BR.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.ru.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.sk.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.sv.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.tr.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.uk.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.zh_CN.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/base1/po.zh_TW.js.gz
/usr/share/cockpit/ssh
/usr/share/cockpit/ssh/manifest.json
/usr/share/man/man1/cockpit-bridge.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.cockpit-project.cockpit-bridge.policy

References

cockpit-bridge website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.