jtibaquira / slack-remote-terminal

Control remote host via Slack

Slack Remote Terminal

Control remote host via Slack

Run tasks on remote host via Slack

Run tasks via slack by mentioning bot at binging of quarry from channels

@host_bot uptime

Or write direct message to bot

uptime

bot will reply in the thread

process id

Runing on 3526

output

16:12:44 up 23 min,  1 user,  load average: 1.18, 1.06, 0.75

exit code

3526 exited with: 0

Bot will run uptime command on bash and will reply you with output. If output is large (see in config.json and slack message length restrictions) than bot will send you the log as file

Alerting and long tasks

Run long task (neuaral network training, big computaion, file copying, scanning, etc.) and get alert from bot about the task compleation status and log.

for example lets

ping googe.com

bot will reply you

Runing on 3677

as this task is infinite, it will never stop itself To get log at any time for not completed tasks use getlog command

getlog 3677

bot reply

PING googe.com (162.243.10.151) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 162.243.10.151: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=151 ms
64 bytes from 162.243.10.151: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=151 ms
64 bytes from 162.243.10.151: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=151 ms

to get last 1000 bytes from log pass it to getlog

getlog 3677 1000

if you task was stppoed or killed (@host_bot bash kill -9 3677) bot will alert by metioning @channel

@host_bot replied to a thread: @host_bot ping googe.com (attached log file)
@channel
3677 exited with: -9

Uplading files from host to Slack

upload file_path

Instalation

Download the code or clone

git clone https://github.com/agasy18/slack-remote-terminal.git

Install the Slack API

pip install slackclient

Setting SLACK_BOT_TOKEN

Create a new Slack bot (see tutorial)

change SLACK_BOT_TOKEN in config.json file or just export it

export SLACK_BOT_TOKEN='your bot user access token here'

Run the bot

cd slack-remote-terminal
python boy.py
#or
python3 boy.py

Note: if some error was accured bot will log an error and try reconnect