cockpit

Within the Linux management world there is a need to improve security and reliability across multiple Linux platforms. This is difficult to do because each distribution maintains their own codebase and update platforms. This difficulty is compounded by an inability to collaborate across distributions for stable patch levels that meet the needs of both security and reliability. If you adopt a fix too soon, you increase your risk that an update breaks your environments. If you patch too late, you risk being vulnerable to critical bugs which affect performance, stability, and security. The principle workaround Linux administrators employ to counter this problem is to limit and reduce the distributions and versions of Linux acceptable to an enterprise. Within a single Linux distribution’s version, we find a single update platform. When you add disparate versions and distributions you create a linear impact on staff and resources needed to maintain the additional load. This problem leaves administrators with two options:

• Use automatic updates, which leave the system vulnerable to bad upstream patches • Use manual updates, which creates a technical support requirement and discipline.

This project addresses this problem and outlines an innovative solution that works across several Linux distribution platforms and versions.

A thin data access layer, models and interfaces for Cockpit CMS.