SSH Tutorial

[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.