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Cockpit 143

by Martin Pitt –
category: release
  • “Software Updates” page for package based operating systems
  • Inline VNC consoles
  • Kubernetes RBAC authorization support
  • RPM packages for IBM Z systems

Cockpit 142

by Martin Pitt –
category: release
  • Virtual machines display an interactive console
  • Document how to grant/restrict access via polkit rules
  • Attempt to tear down used partitions when formatting disks

Cockpit 135

by Dominik Perpeet –
category: release
  • Redesigned sidebar navigation
  • Indicator in top bar shows privilege escalation
  • Disks are now shown for virtual machines
  • New developer tool can close active Cockpit pages
  • SSH connections established within the user session

Cockpit 133

by Dominik Perpeet –
category: release
  • Remotely managed machines are now configured in /etc/cockpit/machines.d
  • Packages can register additional bridges
  • Split translations into individual packages

Cockpit 130, 131 and 132

by Dominik Perpeet –
category: release
  • Kernel dump configuration support added
  • MAC addresses for ethernet adapters and bonds can be modified
  • Show session virtual Machines on the machines page
  • SELinux functionality is now available without setroubleshootd

Cockpit 128 and 129

by Dominik Perpeet –
category: release
  • Manage remotes and rebasing in OSTree
  • The subpackage cockpit-dashboard has been split out
  • Issues upgrading Cockpit on Debian and Fedora have been fixed
  • On Atomic, sosreport works again
  • Optionally disable the dependency on libssh

Cockpit 126 and 127

by Stef Walter –
category: release
  • Show security scan information about container images
  • Choose whether password is cached and reused on the login screen
  • The remotectl command can now combine certificate and key files
  • Cockpit respects /etc/shells
  • Allow renaming of active devices in networking interface
  • Rename cockpit-shell to cockpit-system
  • Kerberos authentication now work even if gss-proxy is in use

Cockpit 125

by Stef Walter –
category: release
  • Cockpit is now properly translatable
  • Display OSTree signatures
  • New expandable views for storage partitions
  • Other storage fixes
  • Full testing on RHEL 7.3, Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 8 Jessie
  • System shutdown can be scheduled by date
  • Properly terminate user sessions on the Accounts page

Cockpit 122

category: release
  • Logging into a system via a Bastion Host
  • Works with UDisks in addition to storaged
  • Explicitly specify javascript dependency versions

Cockpit 121

category: release
  • Network Configuration Rollback
  • Debian Branding
  • Fix Kerberos single sign on Debian and Ubuntu
  • Debugging info for Javascript and CSS