Remote Terminal

Perform remote control with CLI (Command Line Interface)

Steps to Use Remote Terminal
  • Administrators login Vanguard dashboard and go to the user’s device details page and on the device details page select the tab Remote Control

Remote Control

  • In order to connect with the remote device, type connect on the terminal.

Connect

  • Some of the commands used after the device is connected are as follows:
sync
Instruct the device to connect to the server now. The server will create a task and the device will execute it directly, including device information, policy, etc.
info
To display information about the device like device info, battery info, device date, IMEI info, network info, root status, storage usage
action
Provide device action included lock device, take a photo front/rear, reboot device, unlock device and wipe device
vg
Provides background service action of vanguard like clear pending download queue,restart background service, terminate vanguard application, show vanguard version and clear all worker
ring_device
To trigger ring device or can stop ring device
date
Provides date and time information from the device
agent
Provides vanguard application version name and version code information of the device
location
Provides location information (lat, long) of the device
storage
Provides storage information including memory capacity, used memory, storage capacity and used storage capacity of the device
battery
Provides detailed battery information
network
Provides network information currently in use by the device
data_usage
Provides information on the use of application data by the device
ping
To check the connection on a host
alert
Pop up information on the device
notification
Provides notification on the device
ls
To browse the directory on the device
pwd
To display the name of the directory where you are currently on the device
cd
To move to another directory on the device
rm
To delete files on the device
install
Perform installation of APK files on the device
uninstall
Uninstall apps on the device
download
Download files from remote server to device
start_app
Give commands to the device to open an application
stop_app
Gives a command to the device to close an application
logcat
To display log messages on the device
zip
Zip the ZIP file on the device
unzip
Unzip the ZIP file on the device