How To Install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 7. cockpit-bridge is Cockpit bridge server-side component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 7.

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 7. 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 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cockpit-bridge

Install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-bridge

How To Uninstall cockpit-bridge on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cockpit-bridge

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.