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Shellhub is an open source alternative to Dataplicity. Run the Shellhub host on a host computer then run the agents on the remotes.
Host
- if you are already running ssh on the host you'll need to create (or add to) a
.env.overridefileSHELLHUB_SSH_PORT=<SOMETHING_OTHER_THAN_22>- you'll use this port # when logging into the remotes via ssh cli e.g.
ssh -p <PORT_#> <USER>@<SSHID_FOR_REMOTE>@<HOST_IP_OR_NAME>
- directions for install (dev environment not necessary)
- for ssl add to
.env.override:
SHELLHUB_AUTO_SSL=true SHELLHUB_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS=true SHELLHUB_DOMAIN=<your domain or subdomain without quotes>
autostart
Add a systemd service:
- create
/etc/systemd/system/shellhub.service:
[Unit] Description=ShellHub After=network.target [Service] User=root Type=simple WorkingDirectory=<DIRECTORY WHERE SHELLHUB ROOT LIVES> ExecStart=make start Restart=always [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
sudo systemctl enable shellhub.servicesudo systemctl start shellhub.service# does enable already imply start?
Remote
- Shellhub provides a docker container for RPI and friends but our candidate was a riscv64 mangopi for which there was no suitable Docker container
- Instead we cloned the repo then built the agent from source
- Format for the public/private keys must be
pemso ssh keys from standardssh-keygenwill not work. Instead do something like:ssh-keygen -t rsa -f key.pem -m pemwith-m pembeing the magic sauce (source).
ToDo
- autostart of host
- autostart of remote (agent)