http://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-129.html

Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly. Here are the release notes from version 128 and 129

Manage remotes and rebasing in OSTree -------------------------------------

When working with OSTrees on operating systems like Atomic Host [1] there will often be multiple branches to choose from. For example there may be a beta version of the operating system. Thanks to Peter’s work, Cockpit can now switch between branches and view and activate OSTrees from those branches. Also, Cockpit supports managing multiple remotes and viewing their branches. Remotes are a way of describing where OSTree should pull updates from. Take a look at the video below for a demo.

Demo: https://youtu.be/dF8M3xq9FcI

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5599

[1] http://www.projectatomic.io/docs/os-updates/

The subpackage cockpit-dashboard has been split out ---------------------------------------------------

The new |cockpit-dashboard| subpackage contains the dashboard itself and the |cockpit-ssh| process. Eventually this paves the way for more flexibility regarding authentication processes, but for now |cockpit-ws| unconditionally depends on |cockpit-dashboard|, and also requires the identical versions. Nothing changes for those who install the |cockpit| package. But this allows more flexibility when using Cockpit for specific use cases.

Change: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/5338

Issues upgrading Cockpit on Debian and Fedora have been fixed -------------------------------------------------------------

Our packaging changes in recent versions broke upgrading Cockpit on Debian and Fedora. This is fixed now and updates should work properly once again.

On Atomic, sosreport works again --------------------------------

A bug that prevented the diagnostic tool sosreport from working on Atomic systems was fixed. Generating and accessing these diagnostic reports can be very helpful when diagnosing or reporting an issue on the system.

Optionally disable the dependency on libssh -------------------------------------------

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 ------

You can get Cockpit here:

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

Cockpit 129 is available in Fedora 25:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/cockpit-129-1.fc25

Or download the tarball here:

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases/tag/129

Thanks, Dominik