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.

Options

General Tab

Option	Description
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.

Option

Description

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

Option	Description
response field name	The name of the String output field that will contain the text passed to the standard output channel (stdout) by the specified commands.
error response field name	The name of the String output field that will contain the text passed to the standard error channel (stderr) by the specified commands.

Option

Description

response field name

The name of the String output field that will contain the text passed to the standard output channel (stdout) by the specified commands.

error response field name

The name of the String output field that will contain the text passed to the standard error channel (stderr) by the specified commands.

Commands

Option	Description
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.

Option

Description

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.