mobile-shell / mobile-shell/mosh

Streamline server install from client connection

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Description

Scenario:
User has the mosh client installed and wants to connect with it to a server that doesn't have mosh-server installed. Furthermore, user doesn't have admin privileges on server.

Desired:
running 'mosh server-location" looks for the mosh-server binary. If none found, it prompts the user to install mosh on the server locally. Then the mosh-server binary for the current architecture is downloaded and stored locally (say "/.mosh/mosh-server" or "/.local/share/mosh/mosh-server") and mosh-server is started.

Current:
To install a workaround is needed which is a huge pain.

Workaround (all plaforms):
Connect through ssh.
Install mosh locally on the server:
Get all dependencies (ain't happening.. not without admin):
Protocol Buffers protobuf-compiler, libprotobuf-dev
Boost libboost-dev
utempter libutempter-dev
ncurses libncurses5-dev
zlib zlib1g-dev
IO::Pty Perl module libio-pty-perl
$ wget https://github.com/downloads/keithw/mosh/mosh-1.1.3.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf mosh-1.1.3.tar.gz
$ cd mosh-1.1.3
$ ./configure
$ make
(mosh-server is in .src/frontend/make-server)
exit
mosh --sever=/path/to/mosh-server server-location

Workaround Ubuntu 11.10 (or for other distributions go to https://launchpad.net/~keithw/+archive/mosh/+packages and wget the correct .deb distribution package):
Connect through ssh.
$ wget https://launchpad.net/~keithw/+archive/mosh/+files/mosh_1.1.3-0~585~oneiric1_amd64.deb
$ ar -vx /mosh_1.1.3-0585oneiric1_amd64.deb
$ tar -zxvf data.tar.gz
$ cp /usr/bin/mosh-server .
$ exit
mosh --sever=/path/to/mosh-server server-location

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Research direction

No source files or tests are named. Start by tracing the client connection path and the existing --server handling for mosh-server, then determine how local installation, architecture selection, downloading, storage, prompting, and startup would fit together. Done means a client can detect a missing server, install it without administrator privileges, and connect using the locally stored binary.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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