Enable/Disable SSH access

- Using a desktop internet browser go to https://RAINMACHINE_IP:8080/api/4/
- Scroll down to the /machine section
- Look for POST ssh option
- Check (for enable) or uncheck (for disable) the enabled checkbox
- Click on POST ssh text link to save the option
- Reboot the device by clicking on POST reboot option.

Generate a SSH key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "RainMachine"

- This will generate a file id_rsa.pub or something similar.
- Open the file and copy the text string inside.

Upload the public SSH key

- Access the RainMachine Touch HD 2nd generation device
- Using a desktop internet browser go to https://RAINMACHINE_IP:8080/api/4/
- Scroll down to POST dev/import/sshkey
- Enter the text string from the id_rsa.pub file in the input box below and press the POST dev/import/sshkey link.
- Reboot the device by clicking on Post reboot option from the /machine section.

Use SSH

Important

We recommend to change the default password by issuing passwd on command line after connecting with the default credentials:

username: root
password: rainmachine

- After reboot use the command:

ssh -i <id_rsa file (not .pub)> root@<rainmachine_ip>

Note:
- More info on how to generate a SSH key can be found here: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Generating-Your-SSH-Public-Key
- No need to generate SSH key for RainMachine Mini-8 and RainMachine Pro-8/16 devices.