How To Install cockpit on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on CentOS 7.
What is cockpit
The Cockpit Web Console enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line sessions, and more.
We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit.
Install cockpit 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 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cockpit
Install cockpit 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 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cockpit
How To Uninstall cockpit on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cockpit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cockpit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
