1. Using the Cockpit Web Console
  2. Get Started: Cockpit Web Console
  3. Management of Multiple Hosts
  4. Edit or Remove Secondary Host

Edit or Remove Secondary Host

System administrators can use the Host menu on the primary Cockpit web console to edit or remove secondary host configurations.

What Do You Need?

  • Established connection with the primary Cockpit web console.

    Note:

    The primary Cockpit web console is the management web console that's configured with secondary hosts.
  • Administrator privileges.

Steps

Using the primary Cockpit web console, follow these steps to edit or remove a secondary host configuration.

  1. In the upper left corner of the web console, click the down arrow next to the primary host name.
    The Host drop-down menu appears listing the name of each secondary host configuration.
  2. In the Host drop-down menu, click Edit hosts and then perform one of the following:
    Remove secondary host configuration:
    1. Click the red [-] minus button next to the secondary host name that you want to remove. A prompt appears to confirm the removal operation, click Yes to proceed.
    2. Click Stop editing host
    - OR -
    Edit existing secondary host configuration:
    1. Click the pencil (This image shows a pencil that symbolizes the Edit functionality.) icon next to the secondary host name that you want to edit.
    2. In the Edit [hostname] dialog, make the necessary changes, and click Save.
    3. Click Stop editing host.