Hi folks, Last month I announced the first beta of my new node-red-contrib-xterm node, which integrated a terminal window inside a custom node. That terminal window allowed users to execute command line commands, via your flow editor. But Steve ( @shrickus ) suggested that this terminal window shou…

[image] BartButenaers: npm install bartbutenaers/node-red-contrib-xterm Just a note for anyone trying this on an Oracle Cloud Free Instance - you'll need to install git and gcc-c++ (which uses yum instead of apt) sudo yum install git sudo yum install gcc-c++ before running the npm command …

Maybe spoke too soon - I got this when I switched back to viewing it [image] but worked again when I pressed play and did a ps aux [image]

Hey Simon, Thanks for testing it!! [image] cymplecy: Just a note for anyone trying this on an Oracle Cloud Free Instance - you'll need to install git and gcc-c++ (which uses yum instead of apt) I use these prebuild binaries under the cover: node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch : [image] I assume yo…

[image] BartButenaers: And you still remember what is was about? It was a standard Node-RED type dialog that you get at the top - can't remember details [image] BartButenaers: Could you please explain what you have done in between I just switched back to using my Win10 PC (I view Node…

[image] cymplecy: I'm sure @TotallyInformation will be along shortly to tell me off! BTW Julian already has given some basic feedback about security for my first beta version.

If you guys don't get it by now, you're a lost cause :rofl:

[image] BartButenaers: Thought all you guys were Raspberry freaks Not at all! Almost all of my node-RED flows now run on the Oracle Cloud Free Instance. It's faster, less downtime and has better web connectivity than my Pi. I only use my pi as a MQTT broker and run node-RED locally purely …

[image] cymplecy: I'll test it then Hey Simon, There is a new version on Github with following changes: The sidebar sends a heartbeat every 5 seconds, but the server will wait 15 seconds (and then the pseudo terminal will be stopped). Perhaps that can solve your issue... The info pane…

JFI - I decided I'd try and update it using itself as the terminal - but when I pressed play - I got no reponse at all [image] (This was before I'd updated it) So I stopped Node-RED from a standard ssh session - updated the node and restarted NR and it worked fine [image]

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BTW Julian already has given some basic feedback about security for my first beta version.

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