Cockpit Release Notes

This log tracks updates, new features, and bug fixes added to the Cockpit dashboard.

Version 1.2.0 (May 2026)

Shared Storage Support (Clustered Storage): You can now connect your servers to shared network hard drives (using NFS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel). This allows multiple physical servers to read and write to the same storage space.
Shared File Systems (OCFS2 & o2cb): Added tools to configure OCFS2 (Oracle Cluster File System). This acts like a shared Google Doc, allowing multiple servers to edit files on the same hard drive at the same time without overwriting each other's data.
Smart Migration Checks: Cockpit now automatically detects if a virtual machine's disk is on a shared network drive. If it is, Cockpit speeds up the live migration process by only copying the VM's active memory, skipping the long disk-copy phase.

Fixed intermittent security certificate errors that occurred when migrating VMs between servers.
Optimized the background host claimant system to reduce database load.

Single Sign-On (SSO): Added support for logging into Cockpit using your company's central account systems, including Active Directory (AD), LDAP, and SAML 2.0 (like Okta or Azure AD). You can also configure passwordless login for Windows computers (Kerberos).
High Availability Database: Validated that Cockpit runs smoothly with Patroni PostgreSQL databases. This ensures that if your main database server crashes, a backup database takes over instantly without interrupting Cockpit.
Centralized Log Archiving: Added support for streaming Cockpit's audit logs to external security monitoring systems (using the standard RFC 5424 Syslog format).

Fixed a memory leak in the WebSocket Event Hub that occurred when users closed their browser tabs quickly.