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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="cockpit-manual.html">Manual pages</a></span></dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit.conf.5.html">cockpit.conf</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Cockpit configuration file</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-ws.8.html">cockpit-ws</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Cockpit web service</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-tls.8.html">cockpit-tls</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — TLS proxy for Cockpit web service</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-desktop.1.html">cockpit-desktop</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Cockpit Desktop integration</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-bridge.1.html">cockpit-bridge</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Cockpit Host Bridge</span>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="https.html">SSL/TLS Usage</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="https.html#https-required">HTTPS Requirement</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="https.html#https-certificates">Certificates</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="listen.html">TCP Port and Address</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="listen.html#listen-systemd">Cockpit systemd Socket</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="listen.html#listen-selinux">SELinux Port</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="listen.html#listen-firewalld">Firewalld Port</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="startup.html">Start up</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="startup.html#startup-shutdown">Process exit</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="startup.html#startup-boot">Boot start up</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="authentication.html">Cockpit Authentication</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#initial-auth">Directly logging into the primary server</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#direct-secondary-auth">Directly logging into a secondary server without a primary session</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#secondary-auth">Logging into a secondary server from the primary session</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#password">Password</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#kerberos">Kerberos</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#public-key">Public key</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="authentication.html#host-keys">SSH host keys</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="sso.html">Single Sign On</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="sso.html#sso-server">Server Requirements</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="sso.html#sso-client">Client Requirements</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="cert-authentication.html">Certificate/smart card authentication</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-server-cert-generation">User certificate generation</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-server-ipa">Certificate mapping with FreeIPA</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-server-ms-ad">Certificate mapping with Microsoft Active Directory</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-server-samba-ad">Certificate mapping with Samba Active Directory</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-server-cockpitconf">Cockpit web server configuration</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-server-resourcelimits">Cockpit web server resource limits</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="cert-authentication.html#certauth-forwarding">Authentication to other services like sudo and ssh</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="privileges.html">Privileges and Permissions</a></span></dt>
<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="privileges.html#privileges-polkit">Customizing Polkit Privileges</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
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