Could a terminal session to the Linux OS triggered from remote on a netFIELD Extension Linux upgraded device?

Owned by Armin Beck
Last updated: 2022-06-23
1 min read
Q

Could a terminal session to the Linux OS triggered from remote on a netFIELD Extension Linux upgraded device?

A

netFIELD Extension Linux supports container software management from remote only. OS updates for example across netFIELD is not supported and only possible with netFIELD OS Edge driven devices.

But to maintain the Linux OS from remote anyway at least an SSH terminal session is required. For remote sessions netFIELD Cloud supports the remote control function which is supported for netFIELD Extension Linux upgraded devices as well.

So to enable a remote terminal session the Linux admin has to install and start the web browser supporting remote terminal "shellinabox" (example) on the Linux machine with

apt install shallinabox
sudo shellinaboxd -s /:LOGIN --disable-ssl

Then you are able to access the shell over netFIELD's remote control function using the device local IP adress 127.0.0.1 and the port 4200 (default).

With such a terminal session you could easily upgrade your OS manually or do anything from remote you would do with a local terminal connection.


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