How To Install cockpit-session-recording on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-session-recording on CentOS 8.
What is cockpit-session-recording
Cockpit module providing session recording configuration and playback. This module allows viewing and playback of journal-stored terminal session recordings generated by the tlog component.
We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-session-recording on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-session-recording.
Install cockpit-session-recording 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-session-recording using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cockpit-session-recording
Install cockpit-session-recording 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-session-recording using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cockpit-session-recording
How To Uninstall cockpit-session-recording on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cockpit-session-recording package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cockpit-session-recording
cockpit-session-recording Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/index.css
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/index.css.map
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/index.html
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/index.js
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/index.js.map
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/manifest.json
/usr/share/cockpit/session-recording/po.de.js
/usr/share/metainfo/org.cockpit-project.session-recording.metainfo.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-session-recording on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
