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Section: 1 -
Language: en-US (English)|
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Description: In ch16s01 "Analyze and Manage Remote Servers", heading "Log in to the Web Console", the steps in the text seem a bit disorganized.  The part of the subsection in question currently reads:
 
"The web console provides its own web server. Launch your web browser to log in to the web console. You can log in with the username and password of any local account on the system, including the root user.

Open https://servername:9090 in your web browser, where servername is the hostname or IP address of your server. The web console protects the connection by a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session. By default, the cockpit service installs the web console with a self-signed TLS certificate. When you connect to the web console for the first time, the web browser probably displays a security warning. The cockpit-ws(8) man page provides instructions on how to replace the TLS certificate with one that is properly signed.

To log in to the web console, enter your username and password at the login screen."

I suggest deleting the last sentence of the first paragraph ("You can log in with the username and password of any local account on the system, including the root user.") and changing the last para, before the screen capture, to read: