SSH

[vishakam14]

I was able to get my remote connection going, but I was wondering if it were possible to SSH into them. According to the FAQ, I am suppose to run WebTunnelAgent on the client. I am trying to run the Windows 10 SDK but I get a "Not found: webTunnel.reflectorURI". I would really appreciate if I could get some guidance on this. Thanks.

[obiltschnig]

On the client side you need to run the WebTunnelSSH executable which is built as part of the SDK. See here for instructions. On a Windows system you also need a SSH client like PuTTY in addition to WebTunnelSSH. WebTunnelSSH first opens a tunnel connection to the device, then starts a SSH client (PyTTY) over that tunnel.

[vishakam14]

Yes, I did download the Windows SDK and tried running it, but it wouldn't run. So I tried running the exe through developers console and got the above exception.

[vishakam14]

Basically I am unable to run the remote manager executable.

[obiltschnig]

You must be doing something wrong here. If you start WebTunnelSSH without arguments, it will print a help screen. It will never print Not found: webTunnel.reflectorURI, this only ever comes from WebTunnelAgent. WebTunnelSSH does not need a configuration file usually. What you will need on Windows is PuTTY as SSH client. putty.exe must be in %PATH.

Here's what I did: after building the SDK using the solution file, you open a Command window and cd to sdk\WebTunnel\WebTunnelSSH. Then add putty.exe to the search path:

P:\git\my-devices\sdk\WebTunnel\WebTunnelSSH>set PATH=%PATH%;C:\putty\bin

On my system, putty.exe is in C:\putty\bin; you can usually put it wherever you like.
Then, start WebTunnelSSH and pass in the URL of your device (the link under the device name on the Remote Manager Dashboard, e.g. https://4e142cab-e645-12e5-9a53-000db93012c0.my-devices.net/). Optionally, you can specify the SSH login name (pi in my example, as I'm connecting to a Raspberry Pi):

P:\git\my-devices\sdk\WebTunnel\WebTunnelSSH>bin\static_mt\WebTunnelSSH.exe https://4e142cab-e645-12e5-9a53-000db93012c0.my-devices.net/ /login=pi
Remote Manager Username: user
Remote Manager Password:

You will be asked for your Remote Manager username and password.
After that, PuTTY will launch and you can log-in via SSH to your device.

[vishakam14]

I understand. What I am trying to say is when I download the Remote manager SDK from this link https://macchina.io/remote_downloads.html#sdk, I am unable to run the executable on my Windows. I guess the WenTunnelSSH is part of the remote manager SDK in the link. But I am not able to run the executable from that link.

[obiltschnig]

You'll have to build the SDK on Windows to get WebTunnelSSH. You can also download WebTunnelSSH.exe from here.

[vishakam14]

I downloaded the exe and tried running it, nothing happens. Is there a way to run this?

[obiltschnig]

As I said here, you have to run it from a command prompt and provide some arguments.

[vishakam14]

[vishakam14]

Got it to work. Sorry for the trouble, Thank you.