Bash script from Button Card does not work

[rccoleman (Rob Coleman)]

Is my “shell_command: ssh -l …” script running in another container?

It’s running in the HA container, as I said. See this for how to properly use SSH:

SSH'ing from a command line sensor or shell command

I’ve noticed there’s a significant number of posts looking for help on this topic and the posters all seem to struggle with a few common issues. I realized I’ve been almost copying and pasting my responses on these topics so it seemed like a good case for a community guide. What will this cover This guide will walk through the process of getting a command which ssh’s into another machine to get some simple data ready to be included in a command line sensor. To keep it simple I’ll use the same …