{"id":4704,"date":"2025-04-08T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:36:53","slug":"managing-kvm-with-cockpit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=4704","title":{"rendered":"Managing KVM with Cockpit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project Cockpit<\/strong> is a lightweight, web-based interface that lets you monitor and manage your servers with easy access to logs, services, networking, containers, virtual machines, storage, and more [Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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INSTALLATION ON UBUNTU<\/strong><\/p>\n

It most likely will work the same way for most Debian-based distros.<\/p>\n

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y\r\nsudo apt install bridge-utils -y\r\nsudo apt install cockpit -y\r\nsudo systemctl enable cockpit.socket\r\nsudo ufw allow 9090<\/pre>\n
The following additions are very desirable for extended features.<\/p>\n
sudo apt install cockpit-* libvirt-dbus -y\r\nsudo apt install -t noble-backports -y\r\nsudo usermod -a -G libvirt libvirtdbus<\/pre>\n
For managing Virtual Machines, the KVM+QEMU needs to be present.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virt-manager -y\r\nsudo reboot<\/pre>\n
Read more about KVM and QEMU Cheat Sheet<\/strong> [Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n
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INSTALLATION ON ROCKY \/ ALMA<\/strong><\/p>\n
It most likely will work the same way for most RHEL-based distros like Fedora.<\/p>\n
sudo su -\r\ndnf update -y\r\ndnf install cockpit cockpit-machines libvirt wget nano -y\r\nfirewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=cockpit\r\nfirewall-cmd --reload\r\nsystemctl enable --now libvirtd cockpit.socket\r\nadduser admin && passwd admin && usermod -aG wheel admin && echo \"admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL\" | tee \/etc\/sudoers.d\/admin<\/pre>\n
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WEB-UI USAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n
Navigate to the address of your server https:\/\/<IP><\/span>:9090\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Log in using a system account, preferably a service account with sudo<\/code> privileges but avoid using root<\/code> it as much as possible.<\/p>\n
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Elevate your privileges to an “administrator”.<\/p>\n
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A confirmation box might pop up.<\/p>\n
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Logs<\/strong> can be searched and filtered with ease.<\/p>\n
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Storage<\/strong> devices utilization and metrics.<\/p>\n
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Same for Network<\/strong> adapters (physical and virtual).<\/p>\n
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Virtual Machines<\/strong> can be deployed and managed with incredible sharpness on the graphical console.<\/p>\n
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Users and groups can be managed in Accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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Services<\/strong> allow to start sand top any daemon and other systems assets (targets, sockets, timers, or paths).<\/p>\n
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Software Updates<\/strong>. The security patches are shown in Red.<\/p>\n
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The process is visualized similarly to the CLI.<\/p>\n
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If necessary reboot to apply some of the updates it will prompt at the end.<\/p>\n
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No need for delay before rebooting.<\/p>\n
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Finally, it also has a web-based Terminal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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REFLECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n
Project Cockpit is much more than this, it was just an overview of its most evident capabilities and a quick reference guide.<\/p>\n
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