Documentation
Shell Companion
What is the Shell Companion?
The Shell Companion is an embedded remote terminal which lives within the same network context as your OIE instance, allowing you to easily diagnose your integration channel connections through the use of its industry-standard CLI toolkit.
Why not just permit SSH?
With the managed service, we take on the responsibilities that come with root access — system updates, security patches, and hardening the host — so you can focus on building your integrations. The Shell Companion gives you the best of both worlds: the reassurance of a managed service alongside the versatility of shell-based debugging, through a defined set of operations exposed from the portal rather than raw SSH.
What tools do I have available?
The Shell Companion comes with a range of common networking and diagnostic tools. Note: may change over time.
telnetpingtracerouteopensslsslscandignslookupnetstatcurlsshtcpdump
Is my work saved between sessions?
Yes. The Shell Companion has storage allocated from your instance's quota, so you can save debug scripts and resources and quickly pick up where you left off — or build a set of tests specific to your channels and re-run them whenever you need to.
How do I request support?
Send an email to support@novamap.health.
