Name

Silver key

Table of contents

• Name
• Current state
• Warning
• Requirements
• Precheks
• Install in single-user mode
• Install in multi-user mode
• How to use it
• Known bugs
• Uninstall

What's is it?

Check the video, worth a thousand words.

Current state

Proof of Concept

Tested only on Ubuntu 16.04, but it should work on any other linux, see requirements section

WARNING

IT'S INSECURE. Use at your own risk

All data stored in plain text, connection between client<->server NOT encrypted

Web ui and etcd api installed without any authentication

Requirements

docker (version >= 1.13.0)

docker-compose (version >= 1.11.2)

X11 compatibility server (like xorg, x11-server)

Prechecks

user $ docker ps | head -1
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES

If you see error like

Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get
http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.35/containers/json: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

please follow the instructions https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/#manage-docker-as-a-non-root-user

Install in single-user mode

user@localhost $ git clone https://github.com/metacoma/silverkey
user@localhost $ cd silverkey
user@localhost $ docker-compose pull
user@localhost $ docker-compose up -d
user@localhost $ xhost +local:docker

Add example key

user@localhost $ curl -XPUT -s localhost:2379/v2/keys/i/myphone -d value=873084503445
{"action":"set","node":{"key":"/myphone ","value":"873084503445","modifiedIndex":31,"createdIndex":31}}

ETCD api v2 available on http://localhost:2379/v2/keys

Also you can manage key/value through web interface http://localhost:2888

bind hotkey (for example F2) to run next command

docker exec silverkey_gui_1 silverkey.sh

Install in multi-user mode

Run these commands on the server (in this example ip addr is 172.16.172.4)

user@localhost $ ssh 172.16.172.4
user@172.16.172.4 $ git clone https://github.com/metacoma/silverkey
user@172.16.172.4 $ cd silverkey
user@172.16.172.4 $ docker-compose pull
user@172.16.172.4 $ docker-compose up -d ui etcd

WEB ui for etcd available on http://172.16.172.4:2888 ETCD api v2 available on http://172.16.172.4:2379

Install on the clients

user@localhost $ git clone https://github.com/metacoma/silverkey
user@localhost $ cd silverkey
user@localhost $ docker-compose pull
user@localhost $ docker-compose run --name silverkey_gui_1 -d -e SILVERCOMPLETE_HOST=172.16.172.4 gui
user@localhost $ xhost +local:docker

Add example key:

user@localhost $ curl -XPUT -s 172.16.172.4:2379/v2/keys/i/myphone -d value=873084503445
{"action":"set","node":{"key":"/myphoneм-d","value":"873084503445","modifiedIndex":31,"createdIndex":31}}

Also you can manage your key/value through web interface http://172.16.172.4:2888

bind hotkey (for example F2) to run next command

docker exec silverkey_gui_1 silverkey.sh

How to use it

It's very easy, just press your hotkey and type the keywords, the value is auto-inserted in your current text edit form, like termnial console, google drive documents, etc...

Known bugs

In some cases, silverkey insert wrong characters, this bug related to xdotool and xorg keyboard layout. For more information see metacoma#14

Uninstall

cd silverkey
docker-compose stop
docker-compose rm -f