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Getting started

Signing in

  1. Open a browser and go to the gateway's address, e.g. http://192.168.0.157:8080.
  2. Enter your Username and Password.
  3. Click Sign in.

Sign-in page

If the username or password is wrong, Cockpit shows a single generic message — it does not say which one was wrong, so a stranger can't use the error to guess valid usernames:

Invalid username or password

If you enter the wrong password too many times in a row, sign-in is temporarily blocked with a "Too many attempts. Try again shortly." message. Wait a minute and try again.

First login: forced password change

If the account you were given still has its starting password, signing in takes you straight to Settings → Account with a banner:

A password change is required before continuing.

You must set a new password (8 characters or more) before you can use the rest of Cockpit. See Settings → Account for the change-password form.

The page layout

Every page except Sign in shares the same header:

Dashboard, showing the shared header

  • Logo, top left.
  • Navigation — Dashboard, Services, Apps, Network, Files, Settings.
  • 🌙 Theme toggle — switch between light and dark.
  • 🇬🇧/🇹🇭 Language toggle — switch the UI between English and Thai.
  • Log out — ends your session.

Some pages (Dashboard, Network, Settings) are further split into tabs just below the page title — click a tab to switch panels without leaving the page.

A handful of the more sensitive actions elsewhere in Cockpit (activating an update, rolling back an update) reuse a shared confirmation dialog that asks you to re-enter your account password before continuing. That's expected — see Settings → Updates.

Next: the Dashboard.