PHP ActiveX

Multi-Hop SSH (SSH Through SSH)

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Demonstrates how to SSH through one SSH server to get to another SSH server. The scheme looks like this:

Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSSH2

The ConnectThroughSsh method is added in Chilkat version 9.5.0.55 to accomplish this task. Technically, it should be possible to chain any number of servers using the ConnectThroughSsh multiple times:

Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSSH2 ==> ServerSSH3 => ... => ServerSSHN

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ssh1 = new COM("Chilkat.Ssh");

// Hostname may be an IP address or domain name:
$hostname = '192.168.1.108';
$port = 22;

// Connect directly to the 1st SSH server:
$success = $ssh1->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh1->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Wait a max of 15 seconds when reading responses..
$ssh1->IdleTimeoutMs = 15000;

// Authenticate using login/password:
$success = $ssh1->AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh1->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Connect through the 1st SSH connection to reach a 2nd SSH server.
// Note: Any number of SSH connections may be simultaneously tunneled through a single
// existing SSH connection.
$ssh2 = new COM("Chilkat.Ssh");
$success = $ssh2->ConnectThroughSsh($ssh1,'someremoteserver.com',22);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ssh2->IdleTimeoutMs = 15000;

// Authenticate with ssh2...
$success = $ssh2->AuthenticatePw('myLogin2','myPassword2');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The application may now is connected and authenticated with ssh2.
// The application can do whatever it desires just as if it was directly
// connected to ssh2.   For example, the application might open
// a session channel to send commands or start a remote shell..
$channelNum = $ssh2->OpenSessionChannel();
if ($channelNum < 0) {
    print $ssh2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ...
// ...
// ...

// Close the connection with ssh2.  (This closes the the tunnel through ssh1.)
// The connection with ssh1 is still alive, and may be used for more connections.
$ssh2->Disconnect();

// ...
// ...
// ...

$ssh1->Disconnect();

?>