Async communication and command scheduling for remote devices (IoT). Queen can add commands (basically shell scripts, potentially other stuff) to a queue which the Pawn pulls upon next wake and executes. The idea is to be able to run commands and programs on devices that are not always online or that are behind some form of firewall or 4G-connected, so that you cant remote login to the device itself.
| Short hand | Description |
|---|---|
| Queen | The admin machine or main machine |
| Pawn | Remote machines, the followers |
The main model returns either the TUI for the Queen or Pawn, or renders a simple choice between the two which is written to a config file. This logic is coded in common.go and the TUI for that is in commonui.go.
The Queen UI then lets the user choose between Scheduling a command or Registering a new Pawn. The Pawn UI lets the user choose between Manually executing a command, Linking this pawn to a queen or Running the pawn in autorun.
The logic/functionality is coded in queen.go and pawn.go, respectively.
You can think of it as a tree that represents the three modes of operation:
Using a CHARM server.
A Machine 1 (M1) logs in, uploads a command (echo “Hello World”) and downloads a command to execute.
B M1 uploads a command and R1 downloads it. Requires multiuser setting. -> run “charm link” on M1 and enter the code on R1.
C Differeniate between M and R in the same exe
D Wrap the whole thing in a sweetlooking GUI
Let's get started! 🚀
- Install GO on raspi NOTE: go1.18.4.linux-arm64.tar.gz for raspi
- Installing charm with
brew tap charmbracelet/tap && brew install charmbracelet/tap/charm - Starting up with
charm serveon M1 - Linking a new machine with
charm linkon master and pasting the code on Rn
Cross-platform compile for Raspberry Pi on mac
env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -o ssheduler-linux-arm64 ssheduler.go
Compile for mac on mac
go build -o ssheduler-mac ssheduler.go
Copy exe to Raspi:
scp ssheduler-linux-arm64 herbert@herbert.local:.
Shorthand:
env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -o ssheduler-linux-arm64 ssheduler.go && scp ssheduler-linux-arm64 herbert@herbert.local:.
env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -o ssheduler-linux-arm64 ssheduler.go && scp ssheduler-linux-arm64 herbert@potatislandet.ddns.net:.