ShellHub is a modern and secure SSH gateway software that allows you to remotely access your Linux devices and IoT devices using Web-based SSH and HTTPS. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install ShellHub on POP! OS Latest.
Before starting the installation process, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
ShellHub requires Docker to be installed on your system. If you already have Docker installed on your system, you can skip this step.
To install Docker, open Terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt install docker.io
Once the installation is complete, start the Docker service and enable it to start at boot time with the following commands:
sudo systemctl start docker.service
sudo systemctl enable docker.service
To install ShellHub on your system, run the following command in Terminal:
sudo docker run -d --name shellhub -v /var/lib/shellhub:/data -p 2222:2222 -p 8080:8080 shellhub/shellhub
This command will download the latest version of ShellHub from Docker Hub and install it on your system.
Once ShellHub is installed, you can access the ShellHub web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to:
http://localhost:8080/
The first time you access ShellHub, you will be prompted to create an admin user and set a password. After you have created your account, you can log in to the ShellHub dashboard and manage your devices.
To add a device to ShellHub, you will first need to create a new user account for that device. To do this, go to the "Users" tab in the ShellHub dashboard and click "Create user". Enter a username for the device and click "Create". You will be provided with a unique SSH key for the device, which you will need to copy to the device's authorized_keys file.
To connect to ShellHub from a remote location, you can use an SSH client such as PuTTY or the OpenSSH client on Linux or macOS. You will need to connect to port 2222 on the device running ShellHub and provide the username and SSH key that you created in the previous step.
ssh -p 2222 USERNAME@SERVER_IP_ADDRESS
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured ShellHub on POP! OS Latest. You can now remotely access your Linux devices and IoT devices using ShellHub's secure Web-based SSH and HTTPS interface.
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