Add remote execution in README

master
Jay 2 years ago
parent 5f72aaeda8
commit 9d52c3c944

@ -36,15 +36,12 @@ To use this you must meet the following conditions:
```
You must have a web-server running PHP
You must be able to execute local shell scripts
Your web-server must be able to access your hotspot dashboard
-or-
Your server needs SSH to a machine that can talk to dashboards.
```
It may be possible to run this with everything on a different network without
having to expose your hotspots. A VPN could provide a way for your remote www
server to access dashboards. Running the script remotely and having your web-
server get results via SSH is another possiblity. I'll script this when I get a
chance.
You will need to load hotspot.sh and edit the hostname information. You will
also need to configure if you're using D-Star or DMR. DMR scrapes the
bm_links.php while Dstar scrapes repeaterinfo.php's "Linked To" box. It
@ -54,6 +51,23 @@ need to modify the script or wait for me to support it.
Place hotspots.php in a document root and edit it to match where you put your
shell script. Simply loading hotspots.php is all you need to do.
It is entirely possible to run this on a web-server outside of your network
with some additional tinkering. One way is make your hotspot dashboard public
and accessible over the internet. If you don't want to do that then it is
possible to execute the shell script remotely:
```
dewdude@pickmy:~# ssh -p [REDACTED] dewdude@qth.nq4t.com 'bash -s < /home/dewdude/pistarscrape/hotspots.sh'
<tr><td style="vertical-align: top; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><small>BM TG:</small></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><small style="font-style: italic;">#3151 - #8802 - #31514 - #98003 </small><br></td></tr>
```
I told my remote VPS to make an SSH connection to home and execute the script.
It executed, sent output, and terminated the SSH connection. Nothing cares if
you use VPN to scrape dashboards or remote SSH. Just as long as the bash script
can talk to the dashboard and the PHP gets that output from the script. You
could bounce it around numerous VPNs and relays and it'd be fine.
## Testing/Troubleshooting
You can easily test both parts of this script to check that the output is

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