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Thoroughbred Web Terminal Quick Start

Version 8.9.1 · 2 PDF pages · Download the PDF

To install TSWebTerm, follow these quick and easy steps. Approximately 2 MB is required on the server system.

Before installing TSWebTerm, the following packages must be installed on your system:

  • sshpass
  • libwebsockets-dev

Installations are accomplished using cpio. Before using cpio, the downloaded product file must be moved onto your system.

  1. Login as root
  2. Copy the downloaded product file into /opt/tbred/tswebterm.
  3. cd /opt/tbred/tswebterm
  4. umask 0
  5. cpio -ivBmud < TSWT
  6. ./install

To open the default TSWebTerm port and port range via firewall-cmd, do the following:

Terminal window
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5622/tcp
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=56220-60315/tcp
# firewall-cmd --reload

To open the default port and port range via ufw, do the following:

60315/tcp
# ufw allow 5622/tcp
# ufw reload

To create required directories and load the tswebterm terminfo file, do the following:

./setup.sh
# cd /opt/tbred/tswebterm/bin

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To install the TSWebTerm service via the script, do the following:

./loadservice.sh
# cd /opt/tbred/tswebterm/bin
# ./wtservice.sh start

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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