http://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-132.html

Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly. Here are the release notes from version 130, 131 and 132.


Kernel dump configuration support added
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Kernel crash dump configuration is now possible in Cockpit: view and toggle the status of the kdump service, with hints how to enable if the kernel boot parameters need to be changed. Cockpit shows the amount of reserved memory and setting a path for dumping the kernel on the local filesystem, with a toggle for compressing the crash dumps. Take a look at the video below for a demo.

Demo: https://youtu.be/VXhuqPR2K5c

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5587


MAC addresses for ethernet adapters and bonds can be modified
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On the Networking page, MAC addresses for ethernet adapters can now be clicked to edit them, starting with NetworkManager version 1.4. For bonds, the MAC addresses are shown and can be edited starting with NetworkManager version 1.6. Take a look at the video below for a demo.

Demo: https://youtu.be/JIHQmFHOrO4

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5851


Show session virtual Machines on the machines page
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Libvirt differentiates between system virtual machines and session ones, which are tied to the user. In Cockpit all the virtual machines accessible to the logged in user, system and session, are now shown in a combined list.

Screenshot: http://cockpit-project.org/blog/images/cockpit-machines-session.png

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5765


SELinux functionality is now available without setroubleshootd
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The SELinux page in Cockpit can do more than just troubleshoot. It was therefore renamed to SELinux and the functionality of toggling between enforcing/permissive mode is now also available even if setroubleshoot-server isn't installed. This was cause for unexpected behavior on Atomic Host systems without setroubleshoot-server where it's non-trivial and often undesired to add that package.

Screenshot: http://cockpit-project.org/blog/images/cockpit-selinux-disabled.png

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5868


Optionally disable the dependency on libssh
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When configuring Cockpit, the option disable-ssh disables building cockpit-ssh and removes the dependency on libssh. This is useful when building on an operating system where libssh is not available.

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5743



Get it
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You can get Cockpit here:

http://cockpit-project.org/running.html


Cockpit 132 is available in Fedora 25:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/cockpit-132-1.fc25


Or download the tarball here:

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases/tag/132

Note: Use the packages to install this version of Cockpit. When installing from the tarball, remove /etc/systemd/system/cockpit.service.d/fatal.conf manually afterwards to prevent Cockpit from exiting in rare cases.

Thanks,
Dominik