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.