# RHEL 8 Cockpit Web Console API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/cockpit-api/  
**Provider:** Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — https://apis.io/providers/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost:9090/cockpit  
**Documentation:** https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/api-base1.html

RHEL 8 Cockpit Web Console API is one of 5 APIs that [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://apis.io/providers/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Management, System Administration, UI, and Web Console. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/api-base1.html
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
- **Guide** — https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/managing_systems_using_the_rhel_8_web_console/index
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 APIs (4)

- [RHEL 8 System Roles API](https://apis.io/apis/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/system-roles-api/)
- [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advisories API](https://apis.io/apis/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-advisories-api/)
- [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 CVEs API](https://apis.io/apis/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-cves-api/)
- [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 OVAL API](https://apis.io/apis/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-oval-api/)

## Tags

Management, System Administration, UI, Web Console

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