Performing a SSH command to a network device on daily basis

[Maddeen]

Hey everybody,

 

hope someone can help me out with this because im not that into SSH stuff.

 

Background: I need to perform the following SSH command to reconnect my UniFi Dream Machine Pro to my local ISP.

This is recommended to make sure that the reconnect will apply on a time no one at my home cares.

 

Due to the fact that this is a UniFi specific problem I searched in the common communities and found that solution

 

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For everyone who does not want to UDM utilities boot script you could schedule the reconnect from a different system via ssh using sshpass. Not pretty, but works for me. I added the following line to my local server to do the reconnect at 3am:

 

Sadly the person - as you can read - uses a tool called SSHPASS and I‘m not aware how to install/use this on unRAID nor - and this is even more interesting - if I need this tool in this case, because maybe unRAID can handle it out of the box? 

 

Here is the command that the person I quoted has stated out.

 

0 3 * * * sshpass -p <MY_UDM_SSH_PASSWORD> ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@<MY_UDM_IP>  "killall -HUP pppd"

 

Can anyone help me out here and tell me the best way to achieve my goal?

 

Thanks in advance. Nice easter everybody!

[primeval_god]

Knowing exactly zero about the tools or devices you are working with i would do the following.

Use the user.scripts plugin to create and schedule the execution of a script. Make that script launch your desired command in a docker container with sshpass installed such as this for example https://hub.docker.com/r/javieraviles/sshpass#! (litterally the first one that came up in a search, not an endorsement of the container).

[Maddeen]

Thanks. I’ll try it but I’m pretty sure that I’ll come back and ask for more support 🙈

Hope you’ll have the time for assisting me again. I’m a complete noob when it comes to CMD/scripting stuff. 
 

In the end, my requirement sound easy - just perform a ssh call on a daily basis. But for me it’s mostly rocket science 🙈😜
 

Edited April 8, 2023 by Maddeen