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Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

#11

Love it-- but since I'm not using systemd, it's a no-go. Would love to see it support more diverse systems, but last I checked it's pretty tightly coupled and I'm not sure who would have the bandwidth to adapt it.

The reason cockpit exists is systemd and dbus. Without them it would be much harder to develop.

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

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I tried this some years ago. There was a hard limit on the number of computers you can connect to the community edition. I think it was 15.

where's the non community edition? I wonder if you're thinking about a different project altogether?

Things might have changed, but there aren't that many vm/docker monitoring projects named cockpit that I can confuse this with.

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

#13

Anyone tried using cockpit with Raspberry Pi? Even though I mostly use the command line for all my server administrating, I could see myself using a graphical UI like this on some of my Raspberry Pi computers, when I quickly want to do something on them from my phone.

Try this one https://github.com/jiangcuo/Proxmox-Arm64 - it just work.

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

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where's the non community edition? I wonder if you're thinking about a different project altogether?

Things might have changed, but there aren't that many vm/docker monitoring projects named cockpit that I can confuse this with.

This one, maybe? https://camunda.com/platform-7/cockpit/

Either way, the OP Cockpit has been unrestricted LGPL for years now so somehow you're mistaken.

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

#16

Love it-- but since I'm not using systemd, it's a no-go. Would love to see it support more diverse systems, but last I checked it's pretty tightly coupled and I'm not sure who would have the bandwidth to adapt it.

Are we still fighting systemd?

Why beyond being different? Proudly announcing "but I don't use systemd" seems less like a humblebrag and more like an old man "get off my lawn"

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

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post #16

Love it-- but since I'm not using systemd, it's a no-go. Would love to see it support more diverse systems, but last I checked it's pretty tightly coupled and I'm not sure who would have the bandwidth to adapt it.

Are we still fighting systemd? Why beyond being different? Proudly announcing "but I don't use systemd" seems less like a humblebrag and more like an old man "get off my lawn"

I was curious because my gut says ideology about the vastness of systemd. Turns out, there's still a number of systems that don't make use of systemd: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_distributions...

They may have more nuanced answers.

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are we still fighting systemd? Why beyond being different? Proudly announcing "but I don't use systemd" seems less like a humblebrag and more like an old man "get off my lawn"

I was curious because my gut says ideology about the vastness of systemd. Turns out, there's still a number of systems that don't make use of systemd: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_distributions... They may have more nuanced answers.

Sure. I used to be one of the ideological ones using Devuan.

"A number" being the operative word here. It's a small number, and for a pretty good reason.

I get there is an important reason to have choice, but bragging about how you don't use systemd is just meme-y and comes from a place of (misplaced) elitism usually.

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

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Love it-- but since I'm not using systemd, it's a no-go. Would love to see it support more diverse systems, but last I checked it's pretty tightly coupled and I'm not sure who would have the bandwidth to adapt it.

It can be hosted without Systemd:

sudo runuser -u cockpit-wsinstance -- /usr/libexec/cockpit-ws --port=9090 --for-tls-proxy

Re: Cockpit: Web-based graphical interface for servers

#20

Love it-- but since I'm not using systemd, it's a no-go. Would love to see it support more diverse systems, but last I checked it's pretty tightly coupled and I'm not sure who would have the bandwidth to adapt it.

I wasn't quite satisfied with how Cockpit works, so I've recently been developing an alternative that aims to be customizable, modular and without daemons or other extra dependencies: https://github.com/kalaksi/lightkeeper
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