How to Install Cockpit on Ubuntu

By Admin · Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Apr 23, 2026 · 75 views · 1 min read

Cockpit is a modern, lightweight web-based server management tool from Red Hat.

Install

apt install cockpit -y\nsystemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

Access

Open https://YOUR_IP:9090 in your browser.

Firewall

ufw allow 9090/tcp

Features

System overview (CPU, memory, disk, network)
Log viewer
Service management
User management
Terminal in browser
Docker/Podman container management
Storage management

Extensions

# Add Docker support\napt install cockpit-docker -y\n\n# Add Podman support\napt install cockpit-podman -y

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