codeart/cockpit_ws repository overview

⁠Cockpit on Fedora CoreOS or other container hosts

The standard Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS images does not contain Cockpit packages.

1. Install Cockpit packages as overlay RPMs:

   rpm-ostree install cockpit-system cockpit-ostree cockpit-podman
   

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   Depending on your configuration, you may want to use other extensions⁠ as well, such as cockpit-kdump or cockpit-networkmanager.

   If you have a custom-built OSTree, simply include the same packages in your build.

2. Reboot

Steps 1 and 2 are enough when the CoreOS machine is only connected to through another host running Cockpit.

If you want to also run a web server to log in directly on the CoreOS host:

1. Enable password based SSH logins, unless you only use SSO logins⁠:

   echo 'PasswordAuthentication yes' | sudo tee /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/02-enable-passwords.conf
   sudo systemctl try-restart sshd
   

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2. Run the Cockpit web service with a privileged container (as root):

   podman container runlabel --name cockpit-ws RUN codeart/cockpit_ws:arm64
   

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3. Make Cockpit start on boot:

   podman container runlabel INSTALL codeart/cockpit_ws:arm64
   systemctl enable cockpit.service
   

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Afterward, use a web browser to log into port 9090 on your host IP address as usual.

⁠More Info

• Cockpit Project⁠
• Cockpit Development⁠
• Cockpit Web Service Container GitHub⁠