Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

RHEL 8 Cockpit Web Console API

Cockpit is a web-based system management interface for RHEL that exposes internal D-Bus and system APIs through a WebSocket-based transport. The Cockpit API provides access to system configuration, storage management, network configuration, service management, user accounts, and system logs from a web browser. It operates locally on each managed system at port 9090.

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Documentation
https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/api-base1.html

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GitHub
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
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Guide
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/managing_systems_using_the_rhel_8_web_console/index
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: red-hat-enterprise-linux-8:cockpit-api
name: RHEL 8 Cockpit Web Console API
description: Cockpit is a web-based system management interface for RHEL that exposes internal D-Bus and
  system APIs through a WebSocket-based transport. The Cockpit API provides access to system configuration,
  storage management, network configuration, service management, user accounts, and system logs from a
  web browser. It operates locally on each managed system at port 9090.
humanURL: https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/api-base1.html
baseURL: https://localhost:9090/cockpit
tags:
- Management
- System Administration
- UI
- Web Console
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/api-base1.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
- type: Guide
  url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/managing_systems_using_the_rhel_8_web_console/index