Yaler.net - Access your BeagleBone Ubuntu from the Web

Yaler.net

Access your BeagleBone Ubuntu from the Web

Make your BeagleBone accessible from anywhere via the Yaler relay.

Setting up your device requires a relay domain. Please sign up to get one.

Plug in external power and make sure the BeagleBone is connected to the Internet via Ethernet, Wi-Fi or 3G.

This tutorial is for Ubuntu. Not your OS? See how to access BeagleBone Angstrom or BeagleBone Debian from the Web.

Follow these steps to install YalerTunnel on the BeagleBone.

Open a shell on your BeagleBone (default login is ubuntu, password temppwd), or type
```
$ cd ~
```
Update apt-get with
```
$ sudo apt-get update
```
Download and install make with
```
$ sudo apt-get install make
```

Download and install libssl and ca-certificates with

$ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev ca-certificates

Download, unzip and build the YalerTunnel source

$ wget http://s3.yaler.net/yalertunnel/YalerTunnel2-v2.3.2.src.tar.gz
$ tar xfzmv YalerTunnel2-v2.3.2.src.tar.gz
$ make

A Web server or service has been installed and is running on the BeagleBone.

How to configure YalerTunnel on your BeagleBone to make a local Web service accessible from anywhere.

Download the yalertunnel.conf startup script

$ sudo wget -O /etc/init/yalertunnel.conf http://s3.yaler.net/beaglebone-ubuntu/yalertunnel.conf

Open the yalertunnel.conf script
```
$ sudo nano /etc/init/yalertunnel.conf
```
Check the path (default: /home/ubuntu/yalertunnel), set the port of the local Web service (default: 80), and set your relay domain
```
1 script
2         cd /home/ubuntu/yalertunnel/
3         ./yalertunnel server 127.0.0.1:80 try.yaler.io:80 RELAY_DOMAIN -min-listeners 1
⋮ 
```
Save changes with CTRL-X, then Y, then RETURN. Do not change the local IP (default: 127.0.0.1), unless the Web service runs on a separate device in the same network.
Reboot your BeagleBone to run the script
```
$ sudo reboot
```
Done. Now, see how to access your device from any Web browser or with Curl or from iOS or from Android (and resolve errors).

How to remove YalerTunnel to disable Web access from anywhere.

Open a shell on your BeagleBone and type

$ sudo rm /etc/init/yalertunnel.conf
$ sudo reboot

The SSH daemon sshd is running (per default) on the BeagleBone.

How to configure YalerTunnel on your BeagleBone to allow SSH access from anywhere.

Download the yalertunnel-ssh.conf startup script

$ sudo wget -O /etc/init/yalertunnel-ssh.conf http://s3.yaler.net/beaglebone-ubuntu/yalertunnel-ssh.conf

Open the yalertunnel-ssh.conf script
```
$ sudo nano /etc/init/yalertunnel-ssh.conf
```
Check the path (default: /home/ubuntu/yalertunnel), set the port of the local SSH service (default: 22), and set your relay domain
```
1 script
2         cd /home/ubuntu/yalertunnel/
3         ./yalertunnel proxy 127.0.0.1:22 try.yaler.io:80 RELAY_DOMAIN
⋮ 
```
Save changes with CTRL-X, then Y, then RETURN. Do not change the local IP (default: 127.0.0.1), unless the SSH service runs on a separate device in the same network.
Reboot your BeagleBone to run the script
```
$ sudo reboot
```
Done. Now, see how to access your device with Putty or with SSH (for Linux, Mac OS X).

How to remove YalerTunnel to disable SSH access from anywhere.

Open a shell on your BeagleBone and type

$ sudo rm /etc/init/yalertunnel-ssh.conf
$ sudo reboot

A VNC service has been installed and is running on the BeagleBone.

How to configure YalerTunnel on your BeagleBone to allow VNC access from anywhere.

Download the yalertunnel-vnc.conf startup script

$ sudo wget -O /etc/init/yalertunnel-vnc.conf http://s3.yaler.net/beaglebone-ubuntu/yalertunnel-vnc.conf

How to remove YalerTunnel to disable VNC access from anywhere.

Open a shell on your BeagleBone and type

$ sudo rm /etc/init/yalertunnel-vnc.conf
$ sudo reboot

To enable Web and SSH or VNC access at the same time, or tunnel another protocol, please get in touch.