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.TH "COCKPIT\-BRIDGE" "1" "05/28/2026" "cockpit" "cockpit-bridge"
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.SH "NAME"
cockpit-bridge \- Cockpit Host Bridge
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBcockpit\-bridge\fR\ 'u
\fBcockpit\-bridge\fR [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-packages\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBcockpit\-bridge\fR
program is used by Cockpit to relay messages and commands from the Web front end to the server\&. Among other things it relays DBus, and spawns processes on behalf of the Web user interface\&.
.PP
This program is not routinely run by users or administrators\&. It is in the
$PATH
so that Cockpit can find it when connecting between hosts\&. However there are some diagnostics available when running from the command line\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show help options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-interact=boundary\fR
.RS 4
Interact with the raw cockpit1 protocol\&. Useful for debugging and testing\&. Specify a
\fBboundary\fR
which should be on an empty line between messages\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-packages\fR
.RS 4
List all available Cockpit packages and exit\&. Note this includes packages available to the user running this command\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Show Cockpit version information\&.
.RE
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
Please send bug reports to either the distribution bug tracker or the
\m[blue]\fBupstream bug tracker\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Cockpit has been written by many
\m[blue]\fBcontributors\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBcockpit-ws\fR(8)
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
upstream bug tracker
.RS 4
\%https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/issues/new
.RE
.IP " 2." 4
contributors
.RS 4
\%https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/
.RE
