Red Hat System Administration I

Instructions

1. Log in to the servera machine as the student user.

   [student@workstation ~]$ ssh student@servera
   Warning: Permanently added 'servera' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
   Activate the web console with: systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
   ...output omitted...
   [student@servera ~]$

2. Start the cockpit service.

   [student@servera ~]$ systemctl start cockpit.socket
   ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ====
   Authentication is required to start 'cockpit.socket'.
   Authenticating as: Student User (student)
   Password: student
   ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====

3. Verify the status of the cockpit service.

   [student@servera ~]$ systemctl status cockpit.socket
   ● cockpit.socket - Cockpit Web Service Socket
        Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cockpit.socket; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
        Active: active (listening) since Mon 2022-03-28 01:41:13 EDT; 1min 27s ago
         Until: Mon 2022-03-28 01:41:13 EDT; 1min 27s ago
      Triggers: ● cockpit.service
          Docs: man:cockpit-ws(8)
        Listen: [::]:9090 (Stream)
   ...output omitted...
   Mar 28 01:41:13 servera.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Starting Cockpit Web Service Socket...
   Mar 28 01:41:13 servera.lab.example.com systemd[1]: Listening on Cockpit Web Service Socket.

4. Return to the workstation machine as the student user.

   [student@servera ~]$ exit
   logout
   Connection to servera closed.
   [student@workstation ~]$

5. On the workstation machine, open the Firefox web browser and log in to the web console interface that is running at the servera.lab.example.com address. Log in as the root user with redhat as the password.

   1. Open the Firefox web browser and go to the https://servera.lab.example.com:9090 address.

   2. When prompted, accept the self-signed certificate by adding it as an exception.

   3. Log in as the root user with redhat as the password. You are now logged in as a privileged user, which is necessary to create a diagnostic report.

   4. Click the Diagnostic Reports menu in the left navigation pane. Click the Create Report button. The report takes a few minutes to create.

6. When the report is ready, click the Download report button to save the file.

   1. Click the Download report button, followed by the Save File button.

   2. Log out from the web console session and close the Firefox web browser.