Chapter 8. Host management and monitoring using the RHEL web console
You can use the RHEL web console interactive web interface to perform actions and monitor Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts. You can enable a remote-execution feature to integrate Satellite with the RHEL web console. When you install the RHEL web console on a host that you manage with Satellite, you can view the RHEL web console dashboards of that host from within the Satellite web UI. You can also use the features that are integrated with the RHEL web console, for example, Red Hat Image Builder.
8.1. Enabling the RHEL web console on Satellite
By default, RHEL web console integration is disabled in Satellite. If you want to access RHEL web console features for your hosts from within Satellite, you must first enable the RHEL web console on Satellite Server.
Procedure
Enable the RHEL web console on your Satellite Server:
# satellite-installer --enable-foreman-plugin-remote-execution-cockpit --reset-foreman-plugin-remote-execution-cockpit-ensure
8.2. Managing and monitoring hosts using the RHEL web console
You can access the RHEL web console UI through the Satellite web UI and use the functionality to manage and monitor hosts in Satellite.
Prerequisites
- You have enabled the RHEL web console in Satellite.
You have installed the RHEL web console on the host that you want to view:
- For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, see Installing the web console in the Managing systems using the RHEL 8 web console guide.
- For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, see Installing the web console in the Managing systems using the RHEL 7 web console guide.
- Satellite or Capsule can authenticate to the host with SSH keys. For more information, see Section 12.14, “Distributing SSH keys for remote execution”.
Procedure
- In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts and select the host that you want to manage and monitor with the RHEL web console.
- In the upper right of the host window, click the vertical ellipsis and select Web Console.
You can now access the full range of features available for host monitoring and management, for example, Red Hat Image Builder, through the RHEL web console.
For more information about getting started with Red Hat web console, see the Managing systems using the RHEL 8 web console guide or the Managing systems using the RHEL 7 web console guide.
For more information about using Red Hat Image Builder through the RHEL web console, see Accessing Image Builder GUI in the RHEL 8 web console or Accessing Image Builder GUI in the RHEL 7 web console.
8.3. Disabling the RHEL web console on Satellite
Perform the following procedure if you want to disable the RHEL web console on Satellite.
Procedure
Disable the RHEL web console on your Satellite Server:
# satellite-installer --foreman-plugin-remote-execution-cockpit-ensure absent
You can enable or disable RHEL web console integration independently on Capsule Servers. To prevent enabling RHEL web console integration on a Capsule Server, enter the following command after completing the procedure:
# satellite-installer --foreman-proxy-plugin-remote-execution-script-cockpit-integration false
