Turn on/off your remote machine without leaving your couch!
About this app
Ever wanted to turn on your remote machine (laptop, Raspberry, NAS), but didn't want to leave the couch? Well I for sure understand this problem to the heart. But fear no more, as BootBoi is here to save you from the gruesome task of standing up and pushing a button.
BootBoi features remote power on / power off / reboot for as many remote machines as you can imagine with the combined power of SSH and Wake On Lan.
Preparing your Remote Machine * Before you can use BootBoi with your remote machines, you have to prepare them for **remote** rebooting and powering them on/off.
Power On * To power a remote device on, BootBoi uses Wake On Lan. * This needs to be enabled in the BIOS of the machine you want to power on, read more here.
Power Off / Reboot * BootBoi uses SSH to execute whoami, poweroff and reboot on the remote machine. * So make sure that * Those binaries are available and in $PATH * The SSH user has sudo access to whoami, poweroff and reboot * Either by allowing the user sudo access only to those binaries via the sudoers file (recommended) * E.g. `echo "my_ssh_user ALL=(ALL) /sbin/reboot,/sbin/poweroff,/usr/bin/whoami" >> /etc/local/sudoers` * Or by using root as SSH user in BootBoi
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Elektropepi.
What's New in v1.1
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Jul 10, 2021 · 29.2 MB · Android API 24–29 · code 11
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 b5beda628a133cdbf4b4e1dd949739ca0a57c04c11db983a436caafb99964a11
Will it run on your device?
87%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
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How to roll back to an earlier version
No earlier build is on record for BootBoi, so there is nothing to roll back to yet. When a second version is published, this section will explain how to move between them safely.
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Source code
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App Information
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SHA-256 Hash
b5beda628a133cdbf4b4e1dd949739ca0a57c04c11db983a436caafb99964a11
Signing certificate
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