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Working with remote boards in 'raw' format

Here are some general tips for working with remote boards
(that is, boards in remote labs)

= using a jump server =
If you have an SSH jump server, then you can access
machine directly in another lab, using the ssh ProxyCommand
in the host settings for a board.

I found this page to be helpful:
https://www.tecmint.com/access-linux-server-using-a-jump-host/

You should try to make each leg of the jump (from local machine to jump server,
and from jump server to remote machine) password-less.

I found that if my local machine's public key was in the remote machine's
authorized keys file, then I could log in without a password, even if
the jump server's public key was not in the remote machine's authorized keys
file.

= Using ttc transport remotely =
If you have a server that already has ttc configured for a bunch of board,
you can accomplish a lot just by referencing ttc commands on that server.

For example, in your local ttc.conf, you can put:
{{{#!YellowBox
PASSWORD=foo
USER=myuser
SSH_ARGS=-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeychecking=no -o LogLevel=QUIET

pos_cmd=ssh timdesk ttc %%(target)s pos
off_cmd=ssh timdesk ttc %%(target)s off
on_cmd=ssh timdesk ttc %%(target)s on
reboot_cmd=ssh timdesk ttc %%(target)s reboot

login_cmd=sshpass -p %%(PASSWORD)s ssh %%(SSH_ARGS)s -x %%(USER)s@%%(target)s
run_cmd=sshpass -p %%(PASSWORD)s ssh %%(SSH_ARGS)s -x %%(USER)s@%%(target)s "$COMMAND"
copy_to_cmd=sshpass -p %%(PASSWORD)s scp %%(SSH_ARGS)s $src %%(USER)s@%%(target)s:/$dest
copy_from_cmd=sshpass -p %%(PASSWORD)s scp %%(SSH_ARGS)s %%(USER)s@%%(target)s:/$src $dest
}}}

Please note that 'ttc status <remote-board>' does not work with ttc version 1.4.4.
This is due to internal usage of %%(ip_addr)s in the function network_status(),
which will not be correct for the remote-board.

= setting up ssh ProxyCommand in the Fuego docker container =
Please note that tests in Fuego are executed inside the docker container as user 'jenkins'.

In order to set up password-less operation, or use of a jump server or ProxyCommand,
you have to add appropriate items (config and keys) to:
/var/lib/jenkins/.ssh

Please note that this may make your docker container a security risk, as it may expose
your private keys to tests.  Please use caution when adding private keys or other 
sensitive security information to the docker container.





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