http://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-164.html
Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly. Here are the release notes from version 164.
Storage: Usability improvements -------------------------------
We recently ran a usability study targeting the storage area. Based on the findings, we redesigned and adjusted the NFS, VDO, and RAID storage devices.
Previously, Cockpit used checkbox "arming" and drop-down buttons to reveal available actions. Usability tests indicated these interface elements were too hard and unintuitive to discover. Cockpit now expresses these concepts in a more straightforward way.
Available RAID and VDO actions are now directly shown next to the corresponding device.
NFS mounts are now clickable.
Clicking an NFS mount now shows a new details page with directly available actions.
Screenshots: http://cockpit-project.org/images/storage-raid-action-buttons.png http://cockpit-project.org/images/storage-nfs-list.png http://cockpit-project.org/images/storage-nfs-details.png
System: Show available package updates and missing registration ---------------------------------------------------------------
The System overview page now shows pending enhancements, bug fixes, and security updates when they are available.
As unregistered RHEL systems cannot receive updates they now display a warning.
Screenshots: http://cockpit-project.org/images/system-security-updates.png http://cockpit-project.org/images/system-unregistered.png
System: Fix inconsistent tooltips ---------------------------------
Before this release, the System page had three different styles of tool tips. Thee have been unified to use the standard Bootstrap tooltips like other Cockpit pages. Relatedly, the performance profile used a static blue "i" for additional information. We removed the icon and attached the tooltip directly to the profile name.
The navigation redesign in Cockpit 156 increased the width of host navigation items. As the navigation labels are no longer truncated, their corresponding tooltips have been removed.
Screenshot: http://cockpit-project.org/images/system-tuned-profile.png
Logs: Change severities -----------------------
On the Logs page, the severity filter now displays the officially defined syslog(3) levels (https://linux.die.net/man/3/syslog) instead of the previous Cockpit-specific names.
Screenshot: http://cockpit-project.org/images/logs-syslog-severity-levels.png
Thanks to Kirill Glebov for this improvement!
Machines: Add error notifications ---------------------------------
The Machines page now shows individual and dismissable error notifications for all virtual machines.
Screenshot: http://cockpit-project.org/images/machines-error-notifications.png
Thanks to suomiy for this improvement!
Accessibility improvements --------------------------
This Cockpit release includes several accessibility fixes. Notably, ARIA markers role tags, tabindex fixes, and several other improvements should help with keyboard navigation and screen reader support.
There's still more accessibility related work to do, but these changes are a step in the right direction.
Reloading the page in the browser now reloads Cockpit package manifests -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cockpit now refreshes the navigation menu on a browser reload. Installing, removing, or updating Cockpit-related packages previously required logging out and back in to see the changes.
Get it ------
You can get Cockpit here: http://cockpit-project.org/running.html
Cockpit 164 is available in Fedora 27: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/cockpit-164-1.fc27
And Fedora 28: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/cockpit-164-1.fc28
Or download the tarball here: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/releases/tag/164
Take care,
Martin Pitt