Run SSH commands
Run SSH commands
Description
The Run SSH Commands transform allows you to execute commands over the secure shell (ssh) TCP/IP protocol.
You can pass text to stdout or stderr in the commands. This information can then be picked up by the transform and passed in a field to subsequent transforms.
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Options
General Tab
Transform name
Name of the transform.
Server name / IP address
You can specify the server or IP address of the machine on which you want to execute a command.
Server port
The TCP/IP port on which the ssh protocol lives on the server. The default is 22.
Timeout
The timeout in seconds. If set to a number larger than zero you can specify a non-default connection timeout.
Username
The username to log in with.
Password
The password to use.
Use key
Enable this option if you want to log in using a private key
Private key
The private key file. The private part of a private/public RSA key-pair (see: ssh-keygen)
Passphrase
The optional pass-phrase used when the key-pair was generated.
Proxy host
The proxy server host to use (name or IP address).
Proxy port
The proxy server port to use.
Proxy username
The proxy user name.
Proxy password
The proxy password .
Test connection
Use this button to see if the supplied credentials are sufficient for logging into the SSH server.
Settings Tab
Output
Response field name
The name of the String output field that will contain the output of the executed command. This is the concatenation of both the stdout and stderr command output.
Error response field name
The name of a Boolean output field that will contain true if there was an error and false if the ssh command was executed successfully.
Commands
Get commands from field
Enable this option if you want to execute commands specified in an input field
Commands field name
Select the input field that will contain the commands to execute
Commands
Field allows you to specify the commands to execute.
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