How to install and activate Cockpit web console on RHEL 8

To install and activate the Cockpit web console on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, follow these steps:

1. Enable the optional module repository by running the following command:

subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-8-for-x86_64-optional-rpms

2. Install the Cockpit package using the following command:

sudo yum install cockpit

3. Enable and start the Cockpit service using the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

4. By default, Cockpit listens on port 9090. To access Cockpit from a remote machine, you will need to open this port in the firewall. To do this, run the following command:

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

5. To access the Cockpit web console, open a web browser and go to the following URL:

http://server-ip-address:9090

Replace server-ip-address with the IP address of your RHEL 8 server. You will be prompted to enter the login credentials for a user with administrative privileges.