Use Siri to Configure Your ASUS Router - Part 3

Last updated on Aug 31, 2020

Part 1 - Capture the commands
Part 2 - Setup Linux and Create Scripts
Part 3 - Install and Configure TriggerCMD
Part 4 - Configure iOS Shortcuts and use Siri

Install and Configure TriggerCMD

If not done so already, you will need to signup for a TriggerCMD account. You can go ahead and do so here: https://www.triggercmd.com/user/auth/signup

Once logged in, go to Instructions, and locate your token. Make note of this as we will need it in a moment.

Locate and copy the download link for TriggerCMD applicable to your OS. You can do this in chrome by right-clicking on the link and selecting copy Link Address.

ssh into your linux server

Download the latest file using wget, paste the link from earlier.

wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/triggercmdagents/triggercmdagent-1.0.1.x86_64.rpm

Install the RPM Package

Thanks to Russ who provided these instructions for Ubuntu, which I have adapted to work for CentOS

sudo yum --nogpgcheck localinstall triggercmdagent-1.0.1.x86_64.rpm -y

Make sure to run this with sudo, otherwise, the token won't be populated for the root account, and the service will fail to start properly

sudo node /usr/share/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/agent.js --console

When prompted, paste in your triggercmd token

If done correctly, you should see the following

Press Ctrl + c to cancel out.

Now that we know this works, let's install and run it as a daemon (background service).

Install it as a service

sudo sh /usr/share/triggercmdagent/resources/app/src/installdaemon.sh

Verify the service is running correctly

systemctl status triggercmdagent

Edit the trigger commands file

sudo vim /root/.TRIGGERcmdData/commands.json

Move the cursor to the second line and delete the first two lines that start with {"trigger": (Hint, press dd to delete a whole line)

Next, move the cursor over to the next lines and edit them as follows
Remember, press "i" for insert and use the cursor to navigate around.

[
  {"trigger":"Enable VPN","command":"/root/Enable_VPN.sh","ground":"background","voice":"Enable VPN","allowParams": "false"},
  {"trigger":"Disable VPN","command":"/root/Disable_VPN.sh","ground":"background","voice":"Disable VPN","allowParams": "false"}
]

Press escape, colon wq to save

ESC :wq

Now, let's move the Enable and Disable VPN scripts into their proper locations

sudo mv ~/Enable_VPN.sh /root/Enable_VPN.sh
sudo mv ~/Disable_VPN.sh /root/Disable_VPN.sh

Let's verify this works by going into the TriggerCMD web interface and attempting to run these triggers

You should see a trigger for both Enable and Disable VPN. Click on Trigger for Enable VPN.

Login to the ASUS router and verify that the VPN setting was enabled. If everything looks good, click on Disable VPN and confirm that VPN disables. You may need to refresh the browser after each Trigger. Also, please allow 1 min to pass between each trigger as the free version of triggerCMD limits triggers to every 60 seconds.

Next, we are ready fort part 4 where we will call these triggers using Siri