How To Install cockpit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on Rocky Linux 8. cockpit is Web Console for Linux servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit.

Install cockpit on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cockpit

Install cockpit on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install cockpit

How To Uninstall cockpit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cockpit

cockpit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/cockpit
/usr/share/doc/cockpit/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cockpit/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cockpit/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/cockpit.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/cockpit.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/cockpit.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.