How to connect medusa to an emulator hosted on another server

[MinhPham123456789]

Hi @Ch0pin,

I have a lab where the Android emulator is hosted on a server.
To connect to the emulator from a workstation, I use adb -H <server-ip-address> devices -l as an example.
The same when I use tools such as frida-ps.
Is there a way to connect medusa to the Android emulator hosted on a server like above?

[Ch0pin]

@MinhPham123456789 ,

You can do that by adding --host, in the run command. For example:

(device-id) medusa> run -f com.foo.bar --host 1.2.3.4:5555

[MinhPham123456789]

Hi @Ch0pin,

Is there a way to connect to the emulator when creating a new session in medusa? That would make the workflow smoother and utilise all medusa capabilities.

[Ch0pin]

if I am not mistaken, if you have already connected to your device using adb it should show-up on the devices. There is no direct way to define a device on startup in interactive mode.

[MinhPham123456789]

Maybe some more context would help.
Usually, I use adb -H <server-ip-address> devices -l from a workstation to list the emulator on a server.
To work with frida server in the emulator, I have to forward ports within the server with this command adb forward tcp:frida_common_port tcp:frida_common_port to expose the frida_server listening port to the internal network.
Then to use a frida tool in the workstation, frida-ps -H server_ip_address:frida_common_port

Now when it comes to medusa, I don’t think it can automatically detect the emulator when creating a new session. My guess is that to detect, a device a server IP address must be given every time like this adb -H <server-ip-address> devices -l; otherwise, no device is detected.

So is there a way to provide the remote adb server IP address to medusa before or during detecting a device?

[Ch0pin]

I see...

Such an option is only available in non-interactive mode but I can probably 'port' it to interactive mode too.

[MinhPham123456789]

Hi @Ch0pin,

In that case, can you add that feature in the next update? Can this issue be a feature request?

[Ch0pin]

@MinhPham123456789 ,

Right now I am still working on resolving frida 17 issues, but I can schedule it for later.