SSH Tutorial

[blacter]

Is there a tutorial somewhere that explains how to set up SSH so I can control/modify my MM from my Mac? Thanks.

[sdetweil]

@blacter open the preferences/Raspberry PI configuration/interfaces tab on the pi top. left menu.

check the ssh box,
save and extra and restart your pi

[blacter]

Thanks. I now can see the MM on my terminal. From there, how do I modify the config.js file?

[lavolp3]

@blacter @sdetweil FYI: you can auto-enable ssh on a raspberry pi when setting it up by putting a blank file with the name “ssh” (no extension) into the boot partition.
When you start the pi, it will find and remove the file and enable ssh.

[sdetweil]

@blacter
also, you are supposed to be able to have a ‘disk view’ over the remote ssh disk with

https://osxfuse.github.io/

I can’t get it to work on catalina 15.5 at the moment

[sdetweil]

@lavolp3 yeh, tricky crap… just click the buttons (unless u are making 100 of these disks)

[lavolp3]

@sdetweil said in SSH Tutorial:

@lavolp3 yeh, tricky crap… just click the buttons (unless u are making 100 of these disks)

it is the best way to run a pi headlessly. I never use the GUI.

[sdetweil]

@lavolp3 i don’t use the gui either after initial setup…

but u can’t run headless AND have MM on it… (unless in serveronly mode)

use ssh ans sftp file system over…
winscp and bitvise clients…

[lavolp3]

@sdetweil said in SSH Tutorial:

but u can’t run headless AND have MM on it… (unless in serveronly mode)

yeah you got me it’s not really headless.
I set up the pi on my laptop, start it and install the mirror via ssh already. So I don’t have to attach a keyboard to the pi.

[sdetweil]

@lavolp3 absolutely!.. I only use the actual pi keyboard/mouse when absolutely neccessary… got one of the little combo keyboard/mouse things. but still a pain

[blacter]

Okay, I’m connected to the MagicMirror on my Mac’s terminal. Is there a way I can now open the config.js file in a text editor on my Mac?

[sdetweil]

@blacter if u install those other components then you open a sshfs session to have a file browser over the pi disk, then yes,

short of that u have to use the editor ON the pi… text mode

[sojourner]

@blacter If you have interest/time … the VS Code editor runs on macOS and has a nice ‘remote ssh’ functionality to edit files remotely. While it has a lot of “programmer” functions, it’s not a bad editor to help anyone. (And this, from a guy who prefers a command line.)

[RoddyJoff]

@sojourner Thanks for suggesting this, I am now using it and it makes remote code editing a breeze.

For those wishing to use it, after installing VS Code read this article to enable remote editing.

[https://petri.com/how-to-edit-linux-files-remotely-in-windows-using-visual-studio-code](link url)

Thanks again.

[BKeyport]

There’s also lots of other ways to get remote access to the Pi so you can edit with normal editors and save there.

SAMBA (easy, IMO), or other tools to create a share… Just search and ye shall find.