Adding a second machine - cockpit-project/cockpit GitHub Wiki

Allow to add other machines in order to monitor and interact with them from the same IP and quickly switch between them.

First step would be using OpenSLP or similar to find systems on the network, but also allow for searching or input of ip-address or hostname.
The behavior differs if your current machine is part of a domain already or not. If you are part of a domain (see https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/wiki/Initial-setup), we make the assumption that the machine you want to add is also part of a domain.
In the Domain case:
Allows to set hostname, but default to the existing
Allows to select OA using autocomplete
In non-domain-case:
Tries with local username+pass and uses that for credentials
If that fails, pops up a login box and offers to sync user+pass
If authentication can not be determined, show a warning.

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