gatewayhub

Yoctopuce Gateway Hub

What is this tool good for ?

This Node.js service works as a gateway to enhance the connectivity options for Yoctopuce networked hubs (also known as YoctoHubs).

In particular, the Gateway Hub can act as a secure front-end to access the interactive user interface of a YoctoHub protected by a NAT filter or a firewall, without using port forwarding. For more details, see this article It can also be used to dispatch callbacks to multiple third-party services, as described in this other article

Quick Start

1. sudo npm install -g gatewayhub
2. openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -new -nodes -x509 -days 3650 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem
3. gatewayhub
4. Open https://localhost:44443

Npm Installation

You can install the Gateway Hub directly from npmjs.org.

sudo npm install -g gatewayhub

The you can start the Gateway Hub with the command gatewayhub

Command-line options

Options	Description	Default Value
--config	The config file path	gateway.conf
--http_port	The http port	44080
--https_port	The https port	44443
--key_file	The private key	key.pem
--cert_file	The SSL certificate	cert.pem

SSL certificates

In order to enable the secure interface https, you will also have to put in the same directory the certificates to be used: two files named cert.pem and key.pem, which are usually provided by our SSL certificate provider or hosting provider. In case you just want to make a test, you can also use self-signed certificates created using OpenSSL, by typing the following command (on a single line):

openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -new -nodes -x509 -days 3650 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem

Manual Installation

This small gateway is based on standard Node.js solutions to offer a simple (http://) and secure (https://) web service, with simple (ws://) and secure (wss://) WebSocket service.

This code requires a recent version of Node.js. Often, hosts allow you to select the Node.js version with the nvm version manager. If it is the case, you can use the following commands to enable the latest version:

nvm install node

nvm use node

Copy the gateway files on your Node.js server, and run the following command to automatically install all the dependencies:

npm install

You then only have to manually run the application, indicating the ports to be used respectively for the http and https protocols:

node gateway.js --http_port 44080 --https_port 44443

For your application to run and run again automatically, you can use the forever package, or another solution recommended by your provider.

You will probably also have to open these two incoming TCP ports in your hosting configuration (44080 and 44443) as in most cases the default setting for node.js is to have all ports blocked by default.

To connect a YoctoHub or a VirtualHub to a HomeAutomation subdomain, for example, and supposing that you installed the gateway on a server named yoctohost.org with HTTP port 38088, you must configure the hub callback as follows:

• Callback type: Yocto-API callback
• Callback URL: ws://yoctohost.org:44080/HomeAutomation/callback
• Security type: WebSocket
• Websocket callback password: of your own making...
• Connection delay: 3 seconds

License information

Copyright (C) 2015 and beyond by Yoctopuce Sarl, Switzerland.

Yoctopuce Sarl (hereafter Licensor) grants to you a perpetual non-exclusive license to use, modify, copy and integrate this file into your software for the sole purpose of interfacing with Yoctopuce products.

You may reproduce and distribute copies of this file in source or object form, as long as the sole purpose of this code is to interface with Yoctopuce products. You must retain this notice in the distributed source file.

You should refer to Yoctopuce General Terms and Conditions for additional information regarding your rights and obligations.

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