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XIII's avatar
XIII
Super Contributor
4 years ago

Can I use CLI 2.0 on external machines (like Raspberry Pi)?

Is it already possible to use op on external machines (instead of your development Mac/PC)?

If not, do you have a roadmap for that?

I'd love to use the 1Password CLI instead of dotenv for (Node.js based) services running on my Raspberry Pi!


1Password Version: 1Password CLI 2.0.0
Extension Version: n/a
OS Version: Raspberry Pi OS

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  • XIII's avatar
    XIII
    Super Contributor

    I read the documentation earlier today and was super confused, but I seem to have it running as a "proof of concept".

    Never used Docker on my Pi before, so I have some things to investigate (like how to automatically start the 1Password containers at boot).

    Some 1Password Connect specific questions (if I may post them here):
    * Should the 1password-credentials.json file be permanently saved on my Pi, because it is used in the YAML template?
    * Is this safe?
    * I'm confused about the pricing: does 1 token for 1 vault count as 1 of the 3 free credits? (I subscribe to 1Password for Families)
    * What's the best practice for storing the Automation Access Token on the Pi?

  • XIII's avatar
    XIII
    Super Contributor

    It works when manually signing in and then executing a Node.js script, on the command line (which is nice!), but (as expected) not when running the script as a service.

    So I'm afraid I have to dive in to Connect...

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    You can still sign in using a terminal "the old way" by entering your sign-in address and credentials, check out https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/use-multiple-accounts#with-manual-sign-in on how to use op account add and op signin --account ACCOUNT.

    Hope this fits your use case, but if not, let us know. Connect (Secrets Automation) may just be the way to go in that case.

  • XIII's avatar
    XIII
    Super Contributor

    op will run on Raspberry Pi! You can install them over ssh with the curl and mv commands

    Planning to experiment with that.

    But what about signing in?

    It's a headless Pi with no Biometric unlock. Do I need Secret Automation or is that overkill for what I want?

    (run Node.js scripts from systems services)

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    Hey XIII ,

    op will run on Raspberry Pi! You can install them over ssh with the curl and mv commands. If you need an example, we have a 1 liner script at the bottom of the linux .zip section in the https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/get-started#install!

    Hey @MatthewPackwoodJR,

    Yes the arm build should work but please do not hesitate to let us know here if you run into any issues.

  • XIII's avatar
    XIII
    Super Contributor

    PS: forgot to mention that I run these machine headless and I use SSH (and the 1Password SSH agent) to access them.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    Does it support the arm build?