ffalk Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hello Forum! Having a little project where I need to create a custom GUI for some well known single-board computers to do things. I would like to use WATCHNET for this, but I need to send SSH commands from it to get those boards to do what I want them to do. I couldn't figure out how to do this yet, as there are no user credential options in the protocols and commands sections... Any suggestions? Or is it simply not possible from within WATCHNET? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrik Svahnberg Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi! We (PIXILAB) might have a solution for you. Can you shed som light on how the authentication works. Is it done with credentials (name and password) or with a certificate? Fredrik S at pixilab.se 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffalk Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 It would be a simple SSH connection (actually 10), so on the host side it doesn't matter, would work with credentials as well as ssh keys set up correctly on the client (WN). But from within WATCHNET there seems to be no option to put in credentials. So I will give the keys method a try another day. But I expect it to be a puzzle game as well if it will work at all... I thought maybe another forum member has already come across this, with all those cheap little boards and sensors out there. I already have a solution to cover this project using another show control software, I think I'll focus on this one for now. Would have preferred using WN though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fahl Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I doubt WN can do SSH, so I don't think that's what Fredrik was alluding to. However, we're considering SSH support as an enhancement for Blocks, as it can already handle many other forms of server communication. Mike 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joakim Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Hi, While it is technically possible, but highly complicated, to make WN send SSH commands I would advise against it for security reasons. There is no support for encrypted communication channels with external devices from WATCHNET so any ssh server would have to be configured to accept "none" as its cipher-type for connections and any communication would therefore be sent as clear-text. Best, Joakim 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataton Partner RBeddig Posted April 30, 2018 Dataton Partner Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 The control system Universe has support for Watchout and SSH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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