Wiki source code of Monitor & Remote Access Gateway

Version 71.2 by Xiaoling on 2023/03/21 09:40

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30.2	1	Table of Contents:
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1.1	3	{{toc/}}
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71.2	8	= 1. Monitor Gateway =
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71.2	10	== 1.1 Introduction ==
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1.1	13	This introduction shows how to use a script to monitor the gateway. The video link for this instruction is: [[https:~~/~~/youtu.be/8PieIwfSF_g>>url:https://youtu.be/8PieIwfSF_g]]
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29.2	16	[[image:image-20220531155018-18.png]]
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71.2	19	== 1.2 Steps ==
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30.2	21
1.1	22	* Create account in ThingsSpeak and creat channel.
	23	* Download script from dragino site and move it to properly directory
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	25	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	26	(((
	27	root@dragino-1baf44:~~# wget [[http:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh>>url:http://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh]]
	28	Downloading '[[http:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh'>>url:http://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh']]
	29	Connecting to 162.241.22.11:80
	30	Writing to 'monitor_gateway.sh'
	31	monitor_gateway.sh 100% \|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*\| 1860 0:00:00 ETA
	32	Download completed (1860 bytes)
	33	root@dragino-1baf44:~~# chmod +x monitor_gateway.sh;mv monitor_gateway.sh /usr/bin/
	34	root@dragino-1baf44:~~#
	35	root@dragino-1baf44:~~#
	36	)))
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51.2	39
1.1	40	* change the script monitor_gateway.sh with properly users setting:
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	42	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	43	(((
	44	USER='xxxxx' # user name in your thinkspeak ~-~-> Profile
	45	PASS='xxxxx' #MQTT_API_KEY in your thinkspeak ~-~-> Profile
	46	CHAN_ID='xxxx' #Channel ID of the channel for this gateway
	47	CHAN_KEY='xxxxx' #Channel Write API of the channel for this gateway
	48	)))
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51.2	51
44.2	52	* run (% style="color:blue" %)/usr/bin/monitor_gateway.sh(%%) to test if upload is good.
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44.2	54	* Add monitor_gateway.sh to cron work (% style="color:blue" %)/etc/crontabs/root(%%) to make this script runs perdiocally, below is an example to update every 20 minutes
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1.1	56	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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7.1	58	# For details see man 4 crontabs
1.1	59	# Example of job definition:
	60	# .~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- minute (0 - 59)
	61	# \| .~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-- hour (0 - 23)
	62	# \| \| .~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- day of month (1 - 31)
	63	# \| \| \| .~-~-~-~-~-~-- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
	64	# \| \| \| \| .~-~-~-~- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
	65	# \| \| \| \| \|
	66	# * * * * * user-name command to be executed
	67	#/10 * * * checklog
	68	~* 23 * * * /etc/init.d/auto_update start
2.1	69	/20 * * * /usr/bin/monitor_gateway.sh
1.1	70	)))
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	72	* Reboot device.
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64.2	74
8.2	75
71.2	76	== 1.3 Monitor Public IP ==
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71.2	78
1.1	79	The monitor_gateway.sh has been updated to upload the public ip of the device as well.
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	81	User can find the public ip in field7, the chart is not able to show the complete public ip, user can check that in the export.
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44.2	83
10.2	84	[[image:image-20220531145559-2.png]]
1.1	85
	86	Find Public IP
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71.2	89	= 2. Remote Access =
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71.2	91	= 2.1 Remote Access via Remote.it. =
1.1	92
	93
	94	Remote.it for remote access is available in the latest Dragino firmware for gateway. For security concern, the remote.it only available base on end user demand.
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30.2	97	(% style="color:red" %)Important Notice:
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1.1	99	* Remote.it access will give full control of your device to remote support.
37.1	100	* The Remote.it allows Dragino Support to remote access to the device, If user want to access himself, it need to sign up for an remote.it account.
51.1	101	* For how to use remote.it for (% style="color:blue" %)general remote control(%%), please see : [[Remoteit user instruction for Dragino Gateway>>https://www.remote.it/getting-started/dragino]].
44.2	102	* For Quick add remote.it to (% style="color:blue" %)Dragino for remote debug(%%), please see below:
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44.2	104	(% style="color:blue" %)1. Install the Remote.it software
33.1	105
44.10	106	Users can directly click "Install" on the Web UI to install Remote. it.
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44.2	108
41.1	109	[[image:image-20220725134300-1.png\|\|height="438" width="905"]]
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44.2	113	(% style="color:blue" %)2. Enter the license key
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44.6	115	Users need to enter the license key in the box under "2. Register" section and click the "Save" button and "Register" button.
37.1	116
44.1	117	(% style="color:red" %)When the user enters this license key, Dragino support will have access to your gateway.
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44.2	119
37.1	120	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	121	(((
44.2	122	57F60715-606F-510D-A3D2-739860EBDB98
37.1	123	)))
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	125	[[image:image-20220725113010-1.png\|\|height="455" width="899"]]
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44.2	129	(% style="color:blue" %)3. Connect and tell us your device ID or Hostname
37.1	130
44.2	131	Users can view the device ID or Hostname of the gateway on (% style="color:red" %)System ~-~-> System Overview(%%) interface.Such as : dragino-1ef9ac
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37.1	134	[[image:image-20220725115720-2.png\|\|height="658" width="900"]]
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71.2	138	== 2.1.1 How to save the registered remote after the gateway's firmware update. ==
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64.3	140
64.1	141	Before version [[lgw~~-~~-build-v5.4.1668240318-20221112-1606>>http://repo.dragino.com/release/miscellaneous/remoteit/dragino-lgw--v5.4.1668240318-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin]], once the gateway firmware is upgraded the remote configuration is gone.
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62.1	143	This issue is now corrected:
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64.2	147	=== The gateway version is lower than lgw~-~-build-v5.4.1668240318-20221112-1606: ===
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64.2	150	~1. upload the [[backup file>>http://repo.dragino.com/release/miscellaneous/remoteit/backup.tar.gz]] to update the configuration.
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62.1	152	[[image:image-20221112162644-4.png]]
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64.2	156	2. Check the 'Preserver Settings' check box when you upgrade the gateway with the firmware.
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62.1	158	[[image:image-20221112162543-2.png]]
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64.2	162	=== The gateway version is greater or equal to lgw~-~-build-v5.4.1668240318-20221112-1606: ===
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64.2	166	~1. Only to do: Check the 'Preserver Settings' check box when you upgrade the gateway with the firmware.
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62.1	168	[[image:image-20221112162547-3.png]]
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71.2	171	== 2.1.2 How to register hp0d with Remote.it ==
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49.1	174	Prerequisites:
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	176	Users must have an account and APP for remote.it
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71.1	178	[[https:~~/~~/app.remote.it>>https://app.remote.it]]
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62.1	181	=== (% style="color:blue" %)1. Click "+" in the APP to add a device(%%) ===
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49.1	184	Then click Add "Linux & Raspberry Pi" and the APP will generate a command to register the device.
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	187	[[image:image-20220815173938-1.jpeg\|\|height="574" width="919"]]
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62.1	191	=== (% style="color:blue" %)2. Copy the register device command(%%) ===
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	194	[[image:image-20220815173944-2.jpeg\|\|height="556" width="923"]]
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62.1	198	=== (% style="color:blue" %)3. Enter the command copied from the previous step on the HP0D Linux command line(%%) ===
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49.1	201	[[image:image-20220815173951-3.jpeg\|\|height="424" width="1147"]]
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62.1	205	=== (% style="color:blue" %)4. Check whether the device is successfully registered on the Remote.it APP(%%) ===
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	208	[[image:image-20220815173958-4.jpeg\|\|height="580" width="964"]]
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71.2	211	== 2.1.3 How to register the gateway with Remote.it via SSH Access for Linux console ==
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57.1	213
71.1	214	Prerequisites:
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71.1	216	Users must have an account and APP for remote.it
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	218	[[https:~~/~~/app.remote.it>>https://app.remote.it]]
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	220	For detailed examples, please see: [[OpenWrt How to Connect Guide (remote.it)>>url:https://www.remote.it/getting-started/openwrt]]
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	223	=== (% style="color:blue" %)1. Click "+" in the APP to add a device(%%) ===
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	226	Then click Add "OpenWrt" and the APP will generate a command to register the device.
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	228	[[image:image-20230320110123-4.png\|\|height="657" width="1191"]]
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	231	=== (% style="color:blue" %)2. Copy the register device command(%%) ===
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	234	[[image:image-20230320110309-5.png\|\|height="635" width="1197"]]
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	237	=== (% style="color:blue" %)3. Enter the command copied from the previous step on the gateway Linux command line(%%) ===
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	239	=== [[image:image-20230320105212-1.png\|\|height="758" width="820"]] ===
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	242	=== (% style="color:blue" %)4. Check whether the device is successfully registered on the Remote.it APP(%%) ===
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	245	[[image:image-20230320112057-6.png\|\|height="603" width="1135"]]
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71.2	248	== 2.1.4 Trouble Shooting ==
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62.1	251	=== 1. What should users do when gateway Remote.it installation fails ===
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57.4	253
57.1	254	[[image:image-20220907162028-4.png\|\|height="564" width="1148"]]
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57.4	257	(% style="color:blue" %)Step 1: (%%)Users can download the archive and upload it to the gateway: [[attach:backup.tar.gz\|\|target="_blank"]]
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	259	[[image:image-20220907161050-2.png]]
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57.4	263	(% style="color:blue" %)Step 2: (%%)Back to the Remote.it screen, and click "Install" again.
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57.1	265	[[image:image-20220907161352-3.png]]
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57.4	268	(% style="color:blue" %)Step 3:(%%) Follow the [[Remoteit user instruction for Dragino Gateway>>https://www.remote.it/getting-started/dragino]] steps to reconfigure
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71.2	272	= 2.2 RSSH Introduction =
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2.1	275	Reverse SSH for remote access is available in the latest Dragino firmware for gateway. For security concern, the RSSH only available base on end user demand.
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44.2	277	(% style="color:red" %)Important Notice:
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2.2	279	(% class="box warningmessage" %)
2.1	280	(((
	281	RSSH access will give full control of your device to remote support. Please remove sensitivity info before perform this
	282	This RSSH allow Dragino Support to remote access to the device, If user want to access himself, he need to set up the RSSH server himself.
	283	)))
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44.6	286	Below gateway support reverse SSH access:
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4.1	288	* Firmware Version > lgw~-~-build-v5.4.1618196981-20210412-1111 [[Firmware Download>>url:http://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/Release/]]
2.1	289	* LG01N, OLG01N (Note: LG01-P LG01-S doesn't support)
	290	* LG02, OLG02
	291	* LG308, DLOS8
	292	* LPS8
	293	* LIG16
	294	* MS14 series if installed with the same firmware.
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71.2	298	=== 2.2.1 End User Guide to use SSH access ===
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4.1	301	Go to this the Reverse SSH page as below:
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11.2	304	[[image:image-20220531150151-3.png]]
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4.1	306	Get the RSSH configure page
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12.2	310	[[image:image-20220531150338-4.png]]
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4.1	312	Connection OK.
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30.4	315	* (% style="color:#037691" %)Login ID(%%): Input sshuser
	316	* (% style="color:#037691" %)Host Address(%%): Input support.dragino.com
	317	* (% style="color:#037691" %)Host Port (%%): Please email to support @ dragino.com to get a valid host port.
12.3	318	* (% style="color:#037691" %)Connect at Startup(%%) : Choose to enable connect once the device is powered.
30.4	319	* (% style="color:#037691" %)Network Keys(%%): Click the Generate keys to generate the keys and download / mail it to Dragino support so Dragino can prepare the remote access to
4.1	320
	321	After doing above, please download and mail the public keys to Dragino support and wait for our mail for the valid host port. Input the valid host port got from our support and click connect so we can remote access to your gateway.
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71.2	325	=== 2.2.2 Set Up RSSH Server ===
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5.2	328	Advance administrator can config a SSH server to provide support their end user themselves., Steps as below
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44.3	332	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 1 : Download the SSH service code(%%) ====
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30.5	334
	335	1). git clone [[https:~~/~~/github.com/dragino/rssh-server.git>>url:https://github.com/dragino/rssh-server.git]] rssh-server
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13.2	337	[[image:image-20220531150750-5.png]]
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30.5	340	2). cd rssh-server; sudo make ~-~--> to Generate the execute file：rssh_serv
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14.2	342	[[image:image-20220531150811-6.png]]
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	345	Debug :
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14.3	347	(((
	348	(% class="box" %)
	349	(((
	350	if you git fail. ~-~-> (% style="color:#037691" %)sudo: git: command not found(%%).
	351	please install git. ~-~-> (% style="color:#037691" %)yum install git -y or apt-get install git -y(%%).
	352	if you make error 127,it (% style="color:#037691" %)lack of gcc(%%).
	353	please install gcc. ~-~-> (% style="color:#037691" %)yum install gcc(%%).
	354	)))
	355	)))
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15.2	357	[[image:image-20220531151516-7.png]]
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15.2	360	(((
	361	(% class="box" %)
	362	(((
	363	if you make a fatal error : sqlite3.h,it (% style="color:#037691" %)lack of sqlite3(%%).
	364	please insatell sqlite3.
	365	)))
	366	)))
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16.2	368	[[image:image-20220531151628-8.png]]
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44.8	371	(% style="color:blue" %)How to install Sqlit3:
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5.2	373	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	374	(((
44.3	375	~ Step 1: Download the SQLit3 installation package
30.5	376	sudo wget [[https:~~/~~/www.sqlite.org/2021/sqlite-autoconf-3350400.tar.gz>>url:https://www.sqlite.org/2021/sqlite-autoconf-3350400.tar.gz]]
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44.3	378	Step 2: tar the SQLit3 installation package
5.1	379	sudo tar -zxvf sqlite-autoconf-3350300.tar.gz
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44.3	381	Step 3: Generate the makefile
5.1	382	cd sqlite-autoconf-3350300/;./configure
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44.3	384	Step 4: Compile makefile
5.1	385	sudo make
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44.3	387	Step 5: Install makefile
5.1	388	sudo make install
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	390	Check:
44.3	391	cd /usr/local/bin;ls -al ~-~-> Check to see if there is a file for sqlite3
5.2	392	cd sqlite-autoconf-3350300/;./sqlite3 test.db ~-~-> Test whether the sqlite3 was installed successfully
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	394	debug:
5.1	395	If you get the imformation that is SQLite header and source version mismatch, when you execute./sqlite3 test.db.
	396	Please execute the command /sbin/ldconfig.
	397	After that execute the command ./sqlite3 test.db again.
5.2	398	)))
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44.3	402	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 2 : Install and run the RSS service(%%) ====
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30.5	404
	405	1). install database for /var/rsshdb.sqlite3 and Server development port for 3721(The default is 3721)
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5.2	407	user must enter the root account and run the following commands
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	409	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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44.9	411	**$ ./create_sqlite3_db.sh
5.2	412	$ ./rssh_serv -p 3721 2>&1 &
44.9	413	$ ps -ef \| grep rssh_serv check 3721 port**
5.2	414	)))
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18.2	416	[[image:image-20220531151958-10.png]]
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	419	Debug:
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	421	{{{ Check /var/rsshdb.sqlite3 --> ls /var/rsshdb.sqlite3
	422	Check ls /var/rsshdb.sqlite3 --> sudo chmod 777 rssh_serv
5.1	423	}}}
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5.2	425	{{{ if fail to open dpvlry or to bind to it
	426	please kill rssh_serv,and run ./rssh_serv -p 3721 2>&1 & again
	427	}}}
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5.2	429
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44.3	431	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 3 : Create a minimal SSH user (reverse SSH proxy for the gateway)(%%) ====
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30.5	433
5.2	434	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	435	(((
30.5	436	1): sudo useradd XXXXX (custom user name)
	437	2): sudo passwd xxxxxx
	438	3): cp /bin/bash /bin/rbash
	439	4): sudo nano /etc/passwd ~-~-> Change /bin/bash to /bin/rbash
	440	5): sudo nano /home/xxxxx/.bashrc empty it,and input export PATH=$HOME/bin
	441	6): sudo nano /home/xxxxx/.bash_profile empty it,and input export PATH=$HOME/bin
5.2	442	)))
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30.5	444	(% style="color:red" %)Now user "XXXXX" is the user with limited permissions of the current system
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44.3	448	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 4 : Create an authorization key file(%%) ====
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30.5	451	1): sudo mkdir /home/xxxxx/.ssh; sudo touch /home/xxxxx/.ssh/authorizedkey
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7.1	454	Debug:
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	456	{{{ check: sudo ls /home/xxxxx/.ssh/authorizedkey}}}
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71.2	459	=== 2.2.3 How does user get the gateway to connect to a user's private server ===
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44.3	463	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 1 : Come back the gateway web UI to get the gateway Public key(%%) ====
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30.5	466	1) in the system ~-~-> (% style="color:#037691" %)Remote Mgmt/span
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19.2	468	[[image:image-20220531152419-11.png]]
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44.3	472	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 2 : Authorization server(%%) ====
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7.1	475	Input the Gateway Publickey into user's private server "/home/XXXXX/.ssh/authorized_keys" file.
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20.2	477	[[image:image-20220531152549-12.png]]
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44.3	481	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 3 : Connect private server(%%) ====
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7.1	484	This is same as connect Dragino Support Server but just change the server address to customize server address.
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21.2	486	[[image:image-20220531152633-13.png]]
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44.3	490	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 4 : Check Connection(%%) ====
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5.2	493	Rssh Host connection Ok
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22.2	495	[[image:image-20220531152815-14.png]]
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7.1	498	User can use common ps \| grep ssh to check it in the gateway.
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23.2	500	[[image:image-20220531152840-15.png]]
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44.3	504	==== (% style="color:blue" %)Step 5 : Access the gateway from customized server(%%) ====
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7.1	507	Check what gateways link to server.
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24.2	509	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	510	(((
44.3	511	$ ./connect-gw.sh -l
24.2	512	)))
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24.2	514	[[image:image-20220531153016-16.png]]
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7.1	518	Access the gateway
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25.2	520	(% class="box infomessage" %)
	521	(((
44.3	522	$ ./connect-gw.sh <GWID>
25.2	523	)))
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25.2	525	[[image:image-20220531153219-17.png]]
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