Restart or Power Off System

Using the Overview page in the web console, Cockpit administrators can restart or power off the host, set a time delay, and send a message to warn users to save their changes prior to signing out.

What Do You Need?

• The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible.

  For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.

• Administrator privileges.

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to perform actions related to powering off or restarting a managed host system.

1. In the Cockpit navigation pane, click Overview.
2. In the Overview page, click the Reboot arrow and then select one of the following:
   • Reboot – To restart the host system.
   • Shutdown – To power off the host system.
3. In the Reboot or Shutdown dialog box, perform the following:
   1. (Optional) In the text box, type a brief message warning users to save their work and sign out.
   2. (Optional) Click the Delay arrow and select a time interval for delaying the action (reboot or shutdown).
   3. Click Reboot or Shutdown.