Configuration options

This sections lists all the configuration options in mender-connect.conf.

HttpsClient

Allows you to configure a client certificate and private key.

Certificate

A path to the file in pem format holding the certificate.

Key

A path to a file holding the private key.

Servers

An array of json objects on the form [{"ServerURL": "https://mender-server.com"}, {"ServerURL": "https://mender-server2.com"}, ...], where ServerURL has the same interpretation as the root ServerURL attribute. If Servers entry is set, the configuration cannot contain an additional ServerURL entry in the top level of the json configuration. Upon an unserved request (4XX/5XX-response codes) the client attempts the next server on the list in the given order. Please note that you can also use "wss://..." protocol in the URL.

ServerURL

The server URL is the basis for API requests. This needs to point to to the server which runs the Mender server services. It should include the whole URL, including https:// and a trailing slash. NOTE: This entry conflicts with Servers attribute, i.e. the server only accepts one of these entries. Please note that you can also use "wss://..." protocol in the URL. You have to specify at least one valid URL for a server to connect to.

ServerCertificate

The location of the public certificate of the server, if any. If this certificate is missing, or the one presented by the server does not match the one specified in this setting, mender-connect validates the server certificate using standard certificate trust chains.

ShellCommand

The path to a shell executable. Can be any executable file, fulfilling the following conditions:

• is an absolute path
• exists in /etc/shells
• the user (see User below) can execute it

Example:

 "ShellCommand": "/bin/bash"

User

The name of a user that mender-connect will run the shell as. Must resolve to valid user id and must posses a valid group id. This a mandatory field.

Terminal

Allows you to provide terminal settings.

Width

The number of characters in width.

Height

The number of characters in height.

Example:

    "Terminal": {
        "Height": 24,
        "Width": 80
    }

ReconnectIntervalSeconds

The number of seconds to wait between consecutive reconnection attempts.

Sessions

User sessions settings.

StopExpired

Determines whether stopped sessions will be automatically expired and removed. If set to false mender-connect will not touch the sessions. The value of true enables session expiration handling.

ExpireAfter

The number of seconds aster startup of a session after which it is considered to be expired.

ExpireAfterIdle

The number of seconds without activity (no input from the user) after which mender-connect marks a session as expired. Note that you can specify both ExpireAfterIdle and ExpireAfter, in which case you can think of the latter as a "hard limit", i.e.: time after every mender-connect removes every session.

MaxPerUser

The maximum number of concurrent sessions per user.

    "Sessions": {
      "StopExpired": false,
      "ExpireAfter": 255,
      "ExpireAfterIdle": 16,
      "MaxPerUser": 4
    }