SSH (IoT)

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Connecting through SSH to your IoT-box is a powerful tool to interact with it. It allows you to run commands on your IoT box from your computer.

It is generally used for troubleshooting or modify the IoT-box code arbirarily.

Connect in SSH locally

Assuming you are on the same network as your IoT-box, you can connect to it using SSH.

Pre-requisite

  • Be on the same network as your IoT-box

  • Know the IP address of your IoT-box

  • Having a device capable of running SSH (generally, a computer)

  • Know the password of your IoT-box

    See also

    IoT-box Password (IoT)

Steps (Locally)

  1. Open a terminal on your computer

  2. Type the following command:

$ ssh pi@<IP_ADDRESS>

Replace <IP_ADDRESS> with the IP address of your IoT-box

Example

Assuming the IoT box IP address is 192.168.0.116, the command would be: ssh pi@192.168.0.116

  1. Enter the password of your IoT-box when prompted

Connect in SSH remotely

If you are not on the same network as your IoT-box, you can still connect to it using SSH. With extra steps.

Pre-requisite

  • Having Remote Debugging enabled on your IoT-box

    See also

    Remote Debugging

  • Having a device capable of running SSH (generally, a computer)

  • Know the password of your IoT-box

    See also

    IoT-box Password (IoT)

Steps (Remotely)

  1. Open a terminal on your computer

  2. Type the following command:

ssh pi@<TUNNEL_HOSTNAME> -p <TUNNEL_PORT>

Replace <TUNNEL_HOSTNAME> with the tunnel URL hostname given on ngrok and <TUNNEL_PORT> with the tunnel port number

Example

If the Ngrok tunnel is: tcp://0.tcp.ngrok.io:12345 The TUNNEL_HOSTNAME is 0.tcp.ngrok.io and the TUNNEL_PORT is 12345. Resulting in: ssh pi@0.tcp.ngrok.io -p 12345

  1. Enter the password of your IoT-box when prompted