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Disable Cockpit Management Server

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The Cockpit Management Server (cockpit) provides a web based login and management framework. The cockpit service can be disabled with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl mask --now cockpit.service

Rationale

Cockpit provides a form of remote login.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_cockpit_disabled
Severity
Medium
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Puppet Snippet

include disable_cockpit
class disable_cockpit {
  service {'cockpit':
    enable => false,
    ensure => 'stopped',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - disable_strategy
  - low_complexity

script:kickstart

service disable cockpit

OS Build Blueprint

[customizations.services]
masked = ["cockpit"]

A Kubernetes Patch

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.1.0

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" stop 'cockpit.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" disable 'cockpit.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" mask 'cockpit.service'