Tutorial for setting up APCUPSD Monitor application settings

Connecting

1. Provide server address. (example: site.domain.com)
2. Provide port. Default is port 22.
3. Provide username. For example default username on raspberry pi is 'pi'
   
4. There are two ways to provide password.

• First way is to give ssh password (not recommended)
  
• Second way is Private key (recommended)

If you selected password method, just type it in and you are ready to go.
If you want to use private key method see instructions below.

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Public & Private key authentication setup

For pi users this article is helpful https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/passwordless.md

1. You basically use 'ssh-keygen' to generate public and private key pair.
2. Copy public key part as authorized keys 'cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh <USERNAME>@<IP-ADDRESS> 'mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys' You should see link instructions instead for complete tutorial.
3. Copy your private key in this case 'id_rsa' to your phone storage somewhere.
4. On APCUPSD Monitor settings click 'Private key location' and select your private key file.
5. If you had passphrase set then insert that into 'Private key passphrase' field.
6. Now you are ready to go!

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