SOLVED: Remote ON & OFF an ILO server (HP Microserver) with SSH script and key

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Still would love to do this with Hass.io but cannot figure the user permissions out so if anyone can help appreciated :slight_smile:

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Kudos to @frenck and @cogneato on Discord who pointed me to this:

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/next/hassio_debugging.html#hassos-based-hassio

which helped solve the SSH connection issue and has allowed me to work this on Hass.io. Will work on a tutorial for it when I can retrace my steps!

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So isnā€™t learning fun! With all of this you ended up learning a ton and will be more prepared for future curves.
Superb!

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Quick question, where in your hassio containerā€™s file system did you place your key file?

EDIT: Oh, dur. I guess I can put it anywhere so long as it has the right perms. Thanks!

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For future readers interested in this topic, and controlling remote devices via SSH, the link to ā€œA thorough guide on controlling anything SSH with Homeassistantsā€™s Hass.ioā€ above is broken but the material can still be found at https://dovydas.xyz/homeassistant/hyperion/ssh/hassio/2018/01/22/controlling-anything-via-ssh.html
Thanks for your useful contributions in this thread, John

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Useful thread

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I know its old thread, but stumbled upon it when looking to integrate my HP home server with iLO, and I did it via iLO API:

iLO 4 API: iLO RESTful API Data Model Reference (iLO 4)

My solution via RESTful Command: RESTful Command - Home Assistant

#RestAPI iLO start server
rest_command:
  server_poweron:
    url: "https://<IPADDRESS>/rest/v1/systems/1"
    method: POST
    headers:
      accept: "application/json"
    payload: '{"Action":"Reset","ResetType":"On"}'
    content_type:  'application/json; charset=utf-8'
    username: apiuser
    password: apipassword
    verify_ssl: false

I think that this is cleaner way of doing the same thing without the ssh, and you can create apiuser with only specific permissions on iLO.

happy iLOing :wink:

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