Unable to connect to the Sshwifty backend server: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'importKey')

[Its-SheldonDev]

Hi, I installed Sshwifty with docker using the template on the git, when I go to the Sshwifty page and do + & ssh I get this message: Unable to connect to the Sshwifty backend server: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'importKey')

[nirui]

Hi, please see: https://github.com/nirui/sshwifty#why-i-got-error-typeerror-cannot-read-property-importkey-of-undefined

[xtay573269555]

Hi, What is "any compatible (standard) web browser" mean ? Firefox or Chrome browser ?

I am using Firefox 115.8.0esr now, and I got the similar error "Unable to connect to the Sshwifty backend server: TypeError: window.crypto.subtle is undefined" via http://ip:port .

Hi, please see: https://github.com/nirui/sshwifty#why-i-got-error-typeerror-cannot-read-property-importkey-of-undefined

[xtay573269555]

Is it support for http ? Or it is https only ?

[nirui]

Hi @xtay573269555, if you can access Sshwifty via URL points to local resource such as http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1:xxx, then HTTPS is not required. Otherwise, you need HTTPS to access Sshwifty (you can enable it via a self-signed certificate).

Please also aware that this limitation is imposed by the web browser, not Sshwifty. As long as you can access Sshwifty via https://, the error should go away. Meaning you can setup Sshwifty behind a Nginx reverse proxy and let it handle HTTPS termination (instead of letting Sshwifty itself handle HTTPS).

[xtay573269555]

Yes. It works using https now. Thanks for explain.

The SSHWIFTY_SERVERMESSAGE will add a link on the homepage and here is a example.
-e SSHWIFTY_SERVERMESSAGE="[sshwifty](https://github.com/nirui/sshwifty)"

[nirui]

Glad it worked.

Also, remember to upgrade to version 0.3.7 which was released minutes ago and contains upstream security updates :)