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.

        The secondary host name is removed from the primary Cockpit web console Host menu.

   • Edit existing secondary host configuration:
     1. Click the pencil () 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.