[GUIDE] How to login on headless linux

[Nimbly1417]

NextPVR has a default configuration expecting that your are working on the localhost. but if you work on a different server the first connection could be a little bit more tricky.
For those dummy like me I write this little guide to explain how to connect on a remote server running NextPVR

First install the application on your server.

After that, login on your server via ssh and edit the file /var/opt/nextpvr/config.xml with your favorite editor and change the following strings:

Code:

<Username>[s]admin_[/s]change_it_from_admin_to_what_you_want</Username>
<AllowRemoteAPI>[s]false_[/s]true</AllowRemoteAPI>
<AllowRemoteStreaming> [s]false_[/s]true</AllowRemoteStreaming>

then restart the server with the following command

Code:

$ sudo systemctl restart nextpvr-server.service

Now connect with your browser to the server at the address http://x.x.x.x:8866 using the Username you set in the previous step and password as password.

Once you are logged in go to the settings page > Access > and set the password to something more unique.

You are ready to go!

Hope it could help someone like me to do not wast time to find a solution to this "problem"

[mvallevand]

I checked the wiki and the Linux section explains you can use the IP of your server and the settings explained here can all be changed in the web GUI.  I wouldn't recommend using ssh for this but if you do remember that using sudo remember not to change the ownership to root.

Martin