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I have a network of about 150 users who need to reserve instruments daily using our custom Perl script on a Solaris signup computer that is accessed using an SSH client like Putty. This is a pain point for our users and I wish for them to be able to access the signup computer directly through our webpage without having to download Putty or a plugin for their browser. Is there a server side terminal SSH plugin that preferably can be installed through WordPress that will accomplish this task?

Ideally what I would like is to see the terminal open in a small window or tab of the browser. Prefer professionally maintained and supported softwares vs. free unsupported software.

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  • There is a wikipedia page for ssh in the browser, but you would probably be better off writing a web front-end to convert standard html forms to ssh requests to your perl backend.
    – meuh
    Feb 18, 2018 at 14:55
  • All users have a different SSH login/password I guess? Do you already have a Wordpress site with the same login/passwords that you need to integrate with, or is a solution from scratch OK?
    – Nicolas Raoul ♦
    Feb 22, 2018 at 16:29
  • Yes all users have their own accounts on the signup computer. They are not the same as the WP logins which they wouldn't have anyway. I just want a SECURE terminal to launch when our users click a link on our webpage preferably in a browser tab.
    – 3dalliance
    Feb 22, 2018 at 20:05
  • The Chrome built in one tends to work the fastest in my experience.
    – William
    Nov 2, 2018 at 15:46
  • To update this question I wanted to tell you my solution. I ended going with Shellinabox which IS installed serverside. It does what I want with just a little bit of configuration. You can find it on Github.
    – 3dalliance
    Nov 3, 2018 at 19:03

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You can try https://github.com/billchurch/WebSSH2 It is not a WordPress plugin. It uses socket.io xterm.js and express so you will have to install some applications on the server-side.

Another option is https://github.com/chjj/tty.js/ TTY.js, created using node.js and socket.io

Another option is this HTML5 terminal. It also uses no Browser plugins: https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne It is written in Python

Also if you would like to build your own ssh client, by communicating with your server you can use jQuery terminal: https://terminal.jcubic.pl/

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    Thanks -- I need time to research your suggestions but they look pretty good;)
    – 3dalliance
    Feb 24, 2018 at 20:37
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I found a little app called "Shell In A Box" that I installed on the server and it does everything I need.

Shell In A Box Github

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  • This is no longer maintained?
    – DankyNanky
    Apr 19, 2019 at 8:14
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    @ThisIsNotMyRealName - It works is all I know.
    – 3dalliance
    May 3, 2019 at 17:29
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Bastillion is a web-based SSH console that centrally manages administrative access to systems. - https://www.bastillion.io

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