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tmate.md

Tmate

https://tmate.io/

Setup steps

1. Install tmate on the host machine
2. Request an API key
3. Follow instructions on the website to add API key information to .tmate.conf - Be sure to use a difficult session name as it is basically a plaintext password.
4. Setup system service if the tmate session is to be started automatically as system starts

Setup system service

sudo cat > /etc/systemd/system/tmate.service << 'EOF'
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Unit]
Description=Tmate
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
User={___YOUR_USER_NAME____}
WorkingDirectory=/home/{___YOUR_USER_NAME____}
ExecStart=/usr/bin/tmate -F
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable tmate
sudo systemctl start tmate

To confirm its working

systemctl status tmate.service