Thoroughbred Web Terminal Quick Start
Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”To install TSWebTerm, follow these quick and easy steps. Approximately 2 MB is required on the server system.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”Before installing TSWebTerm, the following packages must be installed on your system:
- sshpass
- libwebsockets-dev
Installation
Section titled “Installation”Installations are accomplished using cpio. Before using cpio, the downloaded product file must be moved onto your system.
- Login as root
- Copy the downloaded product file into /opt/tbred/tswebterm.
- cd /opt/tbred/tswebterm
- umask 0
- cpio -ivBmud < TSWT
- ./install
Update the Firewall
Section titled “Update the Firewall”To open the default TSWebTerm port and port range via firewall-cmd, do the following:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5622/tcp# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=56220-60315/tcp# firewall-cmd --reloadTo open the default port and port range via ufw, do the following:
# ufw allow 5622/tcp# ufw reloadTo create required directories and load the tswebterm terminfo file, do the following:
# cd /opt/tbred/tswebterm/binCopyright ©2026 Thoroughbred Software International, Inc.
Install and Start the TSWebTerm Service
Section titled “Install and Start the TSWebTerm Service”To install the TSWebTerm service via the script, do the following:
# cd /opt/tbred/tswebterm/bin# ./wtservice.sh startConnect to the TSWebTerm Host System
Section titled “Connect to the TSWebTerm Host System”To start a web terminal session, enter the following into the address bar of the browser:
http://<system-name>:5622
To start a web terminal session as a specific user, enter the following into the address bar of the browser:
http://<system-name>:5622/?user=<user-name>
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