Oct 27, 2022

Cockpit Project : Installation in Ubuntu

 Cockpit Project is an Open Source software developed as a WebUI for Linux OS, currently supported multiple Linux OS such as Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, ArchLinux and many more.

Installation of Cockpit is relatively simple as the application was already bundled inside most OS Repository.

1. sudo apt install cockpit -y

2. At another computer, open browser --> https://[IP Address or Domain Name]:9090

3. The login credentials is the same account you login to the server.

More information is available at https://cockpit-project.org/


Edit, 4-Apr-2023: Added How To Video.





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Snipe-IT : Installation in Ubuntu Server

Snipe-IT is an Open Source Asset Management software that are specifically designed for IT. The software is a web-based system thus easy-to-use and accessible anywhere. Say Good-Bye to messy and lengthy Excel file.

Depending on the access, most corporate only allow access within the corporate network. If access is allow externally, ensure that you configure SSL for the access.


1. Install Ubuntu Server v.22.04.1 64-bit, follow the on-screen instructions on installing the OS.

2. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

3. sudo apt install wget git -y

4. sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

5. sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snipe/snipe-it/master/install.sh

6. sudo chmod 744 install.sh

7. sudo ./install.sh

8. Follow on-screen instructions in setting up the Apache2, MariaDB & PHP.

9. sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/snipeit

10. sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/snipeit

11. sudo reboot

12. At another computer, open browser and point the Snipe-IT server IP Address or hostname (depending on how you setup the server).

13. Follow on-screen instructions in setting up the first Administrator account.





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