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Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by java-man » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:21 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #9

java-man wrote: post #3

Would anyone be interested in a desktop application with similar functionality, accessing [multiple] hosts via SSH?

Depends. Open source or proprietary? Actually desktop or just electron? Are you going to maintain it? What use cases would it be intended for? Would the client software be available for macOS? Which GUI framework(s) would you be using?

proprietary, cross-platform desktop linux/mac/windows, javafx.

use cases: server management and monitoring, log viewer, ssh terminals, parallel execution of commands, vnc, sftp, secure storage of credentials and keys.

[0] https://github.com/andy-goryachev/AccessPanelPublic

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by reidjs » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:21 PM UTC

I installed on one of my ubuntu servers and allowed port 9090, but when I try accessing it from chrome it gives me a warning page

"You cannot (IP) right now because the website sent scrambled credentials that Google Chrome cannot process."

Is this because I run a NGINX server from that box?

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by znpy » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:32 PM UTC

TwoNineA wrote: post #6

I prefer virt-manager to Cockpit's VM management, way more feature complete.

For VM management I agree with you. For other things cockpit is mostly fine.

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by 867-5309 » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:38 PM UTC

searched linked page and documentation contents for "secu" - 0/0 results found. can anyone vouch for its security?

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by cheph » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:39 PM UTC

It is very nice but like other redhat stuff this somehow prevents browsers from saving passwords, or at least it did last I used it.

EDIT: Actually they seem to have fixed it now. Nifty.

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by dang » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:43 PM UTC

If curious see also

Cockpit – Administer Linux servers via a web browser - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16445612 - Feb 2018 (148 comments)

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by pmontra » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:49 PM UTC

reidjs wrote: post #12

I installed on one of my ubuntu servers and allowed port 9090, but when I try accessing it from chrome it gives me a warning page "You cannot (IP) right now because the website sent scrambled credentials that Google Chrome cannot process." Is this because I run a NGINX server from that box?

Do you have an expired self signed certificate on that server? See https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/10551759?hl=en

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by cheph » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

java-man wrote: post #3

Would anyone be interested in a desktop application with similar functionality, accessing [multiple] hosts via SSH?

Actually no, the web interface is really slick. I would not install a desktop app for it even if there was one.

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by cheph » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

TwoNineA wrote: post #6

I prefer virt-manager to Cockpit's VM management, way more feature complete.

Cockpit is not ever going to be as good as using the underlying tools it integrates with, but it is still pretty nice for what it is and I like having it.

Re: Cockpit – Integrated, glanceable, web-based interface for servers

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Post by cheph » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 9:59 PM UTC

867-5309 wrote: post #14

searched linked page and documentation contents for "secu" - 0/0 results found. can anyone vouch for its security?

https://cockpit-project.org/blog/is-cockpit-secure.html

In short, most likely, unless you are reckless with it.