Anyterm for Config UI X

[razer4908]

Hi,

Do you think it is possible to implement Anyterm for an "in-Browser" administration of your Homebridge Device e.g Raspberry Pi ?

[oznu]

When running in docker this plugin actually already provides this exact feature. I didn't enable it for other platforms as I thought it might present a security risk that users may not particularly like if I added the feature with an update.

[razer4908]

Im not too much into programming but do you think it is possible to implement this feature if you want, so if you do not want it you have to uncheck a checkbox for example ?

[palasinio]

Is it difficult to install AnyTerm on the PI? Or is it for a single webinterface?

[oznu]

Available in 3.8.3.

@razer4908 - I have enabled this. However, it's not a simple config.json flag, since this could be toggled from inside the UI itself which would defeat the purpose of having it disabled by default.

You'll need to run the process with the environment variable HOMEBRIDGE_CONFIG_UI_TERMINAL=1.

If you're running with systemd you can add this to your /etc/default/homebridge file then run:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl stop homebridge
sudo systemctl start homebridge

The shell will spawn as the user you run homebridge as, ensuring that user has the ability to spawn a shell is up to you. For example, if you're service user is named homebridge:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash homebridge
sudo mkdir /home/homebridge
sudo chown homebridge:homebridge /home/homebridge