Connect to the Serial Ports for a Node

You can connect to the serial ports for the enrolled node 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. In the Menu Pane, select Nodes.
    The NODES page displays with the ENROLLED tab selected.

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

  3. Click the NODE NAME to connect to the serial ports for that node.
    The Node Details page displays with the PORTS tab selected. This tab displays all the configured and unconfigured ports on the node.
    On the right-hand side of the page, an information panel displays with the following tabs:

    • Summary: Displays port availability and node details for the selected node.
    • Cellular: Displays all cellular health information for the selected node.
    • Network: Displays network details for the selected node.

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

From the Ports Page

  1. In the Menu Pane, select Ports.
    The PORTS page displays and shows all the ports on the connected nodes.

  2. To find the port, use the Filter Ports or Filter Nodes options to restrict the listed resources within enrolled nodes.

  3. Use the Web Terminal Access or SSH icons to access a particular port.

Connect 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. In the Settings Pane, select > SERVICES > Console Gateway.
    The CONSOLE GATEWAY page displays.

  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 an HTML5 Web Terminal. The HTML5 Web Terminal includes native cut, copy, and paste support.

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

  2. Click the Web Terminal Access icon for the port.
    The WEB TERMINAL page displays.

  3. Use alt-x to return to navigation.