Home Assistant Community Add-on: SSH & Web Terminal

rct · July 20, 2023, 6:18pm

[Sorry if this info is already here but I can’t find it.]

Are there tips & tricks for using this add on with mosh and tmux? It mostly works, but:

~/.tmux.conf doesn’t seem to get evaluated with using mosh, so the prefix key is still CTRL-B, instead of CTRL-A (or whatever I want to change it to, CTRL-)
Creating new windows in tmux works as expected

If I manually source it using tmux -S /tmp/tmux-1000/default source-file ~/.tmux.conf:

I get the right prefix control
I get the right tmux status line from ~/.tmux.conf
the Zsh prompt in the first window is ok.

However, if I create a new window PREFIX + c, the new window:

Is created as uid=1000(hassio) gid=1000(hassio) instead of uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
$HOME is /home/hassio instead of /root
the Zsh prompt displays as \[\e]0;\u@\h:\w\a\]\W $

Edit: In case it matters, the way I start the mosh/tmux session is:

mosh hassio@hasshost -- tmux

(I’m running it inside of a Cygwin mintty window on Windows 11, using Cygwin’s mosh)

The problem doesn’t occur if I just use mosh to get a session, and then run tmux manually once logged in. Aside from the extra manual step, this also changes to the window title to [mosh] _zsh_tmux_plugin_run and I can no longer change it.

henrya · July 29, 2023, 8:27pm

Hello,

my system

Debian 11 - KVM Install - haos_ova-10.3.qcow2

If i start Home Assistant Community Add-on: SSH & Web Terminal i get this error:

502: Bad Gateway

How can i solve this problem?

Solution
termnal-haos

Greets
henrya

Old thread Terminal & SSH Current version: 9.6.1 - copy & paste

r3mcos3 · August 29, 2023, 3:34am

is there a way to make a gpg key presistent in the addon, i have to import a gpg key everytime i restart the addon. i use a gpg key for commit signing

ecabrera938 · October 20, 2023, 6:38am

Hello i’m new at Home Assistant i have a raspberry 3 running HASS and have some trouble trying to install this addon.

What did wrog?

Edit:
Never figured out, made a fresh installation!

le_top · October 24, 2023, 9:26pm

Have a look at:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/mdeweerd/07918a6a1300fa64f0faf08c7e2a1dd1

!README.md

# Home Assistant "Terminal & SSH" screen configuration.

## Purpose

- Start [gnu screen](https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/) automatically
  when connecting interactively to Home Assistant (keep terminal session
  across connections).
- Provide a status line in the terminal
- Define some aliases
- Automatically "re-install" after add-on upgrade (create symbolic links,

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.bash_profile

##### Autostart 'screen' in '.bashrc'
if [ "$PS1" != "" ] && [ "$TERM" != "screen" ] && [ "${STARTED_SCREEN:-x}" = x ] && [ "${SSH_TTY:-x}" != x ]
then
    # Find path where real .bash_profile is
    SRCPATH=$(dirname "$(realpath "${HOME}/.bash_profile")")

    for p in .screenrc .vimrc .viminfo ; do
        if [[ ! -L "${HOME}/$p" ]] && [[ ! -e "${HOME}/$p" ]] ; then
            ABSPATH=${SRCPATH}/$p
            if [[ ! -e "${ABSPATH}" ]] ; then

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.gitignore

.bash_history
.ssh/
.viminfo
host_keys/
options.json

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One of the things my script does is link from the home directory to resources in /data - you can add your gpg directory .

I had to disable screen as there is an issue with alpine - explained here: GNU Screen - Bugs: bug #64190, Extremely slow startup due to fd... [Savannah] .

bk111 · December 30, 2023, 4:21am

You need to delete the quotes out. Don’t put your password in the quotation marks, just list your password. I had the same issue until I stumbled on your post with a google search.

knut_t · January 14, 2024, 11:40am

Hi,
Installed the add-on… success so far. But it won’t start with my username, neither with password nor ssh-key. It starts with “root” as username, but that is not recommended to use.
Log message: “FATAL: Failed creating the user account.”
Hint: I use my e-mail address as username, so it contains a @. Can that be the root of the problem?
-knut

UPDATE: Just for fun, I tried to change the username to something completely random (‘qwert’). It works like a charm. Can I use anything as username? I thougth I should use my HomeAssistant username…?

tankdeer · January 20, 2024, 7:00pm

Hey all. It’s my understanding that this addon should have access to most things in the host system when running HAOS, and with protection mode disabled. Is that accurate?

I was hoping to create some command line sensors/switches to control a couple processes on a remote box using systemctl -H, but I can’t even test it because when I ssh in and try, I receive a command not found error. I assumed I was stuck in the HA container, but I was under the impression this would alleviate that (not sure if it would help the created sensors or not as they appear to run in the containierized context). I tried typing login, but there’s no password or lack thereof that is accepted. I am logging in with a ssh key, and had planned on configuring the same for the remote host.

Googling around I see plenty of examples of people creating similar sensors, but don’t know their environment.

Is this a limitation of my setup, this addon, or am I doing something stupid?

koying · January 20, 2024, 11:54pm

No. This addon is just a different docker container having the same “/config” than HA proper and an SSH server.

tankdeer · January 21, 2024, 12:13am

Interesting, ok, thanks.

loopy1 · February 29, 2024, 4:49am

I used to be able to copy in this terminal by holding SHIFT and selecting. Now I can no longer. Am I missing something or a configuration option that changed?

Rodjer · March 5, 2024, 3:14pm

Hello, asking kindly for help or explanation since I am a noob in terms of SSH and HA.

My only and main goal is to access HA SFTP server remotely.

I installed the Advanced SSH & Web Terminal, it works just fine in the local network using the local IP. But in case I try to reach it via my purchased domain (abc.com) I get connection timeout and it does not work.

I can use my domain to reach the HA server and all of their services except SFTP.

I do not have any network firewalls or extra layers of protection.

Please let me know what I am doing wrong and where to search for help?

os.habitats.tech · March 6, 2024, 3:50am

Your issue might be as simple as:

Option `ssh`: `sftp`

When set to true the addon will enable SFTP support on the SSH daemon. Please only enable it when you plan on using it.

Note: Due to limitations, you will need to set the username to root in order to be able to enable the SFTP capabilities.

Rodjer · March 6, 2024, 9:22pm

Well sorry, but no. As I said all works perfectly fine with local IP address, so this setting is/was on. I just do not know how to make it work via Domain or public IP. Maybe I have to enter this Domain in this plugin. Or configure somehow SSL tunnel to use also port 22? Just an clueless where to search.

P.s. Settings I enabled right now to avoid any possible conflicts.But locally it works with some of those disabled too.

username: root
password: password
authorized_keys:
sftp: true
compatibility_mode: true
allow_agent_forwarding: true
allow_remote_port_forwarding: true
allow_tcp_forwarding: true

Rodjer · March 7, 2024, 1:31pm

I guess I am close to a solution. I see that my public IP has open port 80 and 443 which make the http/https access work. But the port 22 and all others are closed.

So I guess this is the reason why I can not get access via SSH. But am clueless where should I configure my port. Since I use a Domain from and Namecheap registrar and CloudFlare tunnelling. Can someone give a general advice where to search and configure it?

los93sol · March 16, 2024, 3:17pm

If anyone is having issues getting this working, specifically with Windows 11, I made a YouTube video walking through the setup in under 3 minutes. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

How to Install Advanced SSH & Web Terminal in Home Assistant

Home Assistant Community Add-on: SSH & Web Terminal

Option ssh: sftp

Option `ssh`: `sftp`