# Installing Cockpit on Linux Device

## What is Cockpit?

> Cockpit is an interactive server admin interface. It is easy to use and very lightweight. Cockpit interacts directly with the operating system from a real Linux session in a browser. -https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit

## Installing Cockpit

1. Log into the Debian device
2. Run the following commands in a terminal:
   # update software repositories
   sudo apt update
   # install software updates
   sudo apt upgrade -y
   # install cockpit
   sudo apt install cockpit -y
3. Open a web browser and navigate to https://DNSorIP:9090
4. Login using a valid account on the Linux device
5. Welcome to Cockpit

Source: https://cockpit-project.org/running.html