Connecting to a Node’s Serial Ports

You can connect to the enrolled node’s serial ports via the Console Gateway option on the user interface if required. This allows the user to directly connect to any devices that are connected to the serial ports of the selected node.

From the Nodes Page

  1. Select Nodes.

  2. Use the Filter Nodes options to limit the displayed nodes.

  3. Select the node name to display the Node Details page.

  4. The PORTS tab displays all the configured and unconfigured ports on the node.

  5. Use the Web Terminal Access or SSH icons on a particular port to access it.

From the Ports Page

  1. Select Ports.

  2. A page displays all the ports on the connected nodes.

  3. Find the port by using the Filter Ports or Filter Nodes options to restrict the listed resources within enrolled nodes.

  4. Use the Web Terminal Access or SSH icons on a particular port to access it.

Connecting via SSH and Changing the Delimiter Character

When connecting with SSH, some web browsers associate the colon character with delimiting the protocol at the beginning of a URI so they don’t pass these auto-generated URIs correctly.

To work around this, the default delimiter character can be changed. To change this character:

  1. Select > SERVICES > Console Gateway.

  2. Enter a delimited character in the Console Gateway Port Delimiter. The carat, ^, is the most common alternative.

    Note: The auto-generated link default delimiter is ':'. URI syntax ssh://user-name:console-server-name:port-number@lighthouse-ip-address

  3. Select the Console Gateway SSH Address to choose an address from which to SSH.

    Note: The list of available addresses contains the current network interfaces and external network addresses. The value defaults to net1:dhcp if it exists and net1:static otherwise. The additional external addresses can be added to this list using the > SYSTEM> Network Settings page.

Example SSH session

$ ssh adminuser:serial@lighthouse-name-or-ip-here

1: cm71xx

Connect to remote > 1

1: Cisco Console 2: Port 2

Connect to port > 1

router#

Connect via the Web Terminal

To provide easy console port access, Lighthouse includes a HTML5 Web Terminal. The HTML5 Web Terminal includes native cut, copy and paste support.

Connect via the Web Terminal

  1. Locate the particular port from the Nodes or the Ports page.

  2. Click the Web Terminal Access.

  3. The WEB TERMINAL page displays.

  4. Use alt-x to return to navigation.