SFTP Public-Key Authentication

Demonstrates how to authenticate with an SSH server using publickey authentication.

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import sys
import chilkat

#  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
#  sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

sftp = chilkat.CkSFtp()

#  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = sftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.put_ConnectTimeoutMs(5000)
sftp.put_IdleTimeoutMs(15000)

#  Connect to the SSH server.
#  The standard SSH port = 22
#  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.

hostname = "www.my-ssh-server.com"
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

key = chilkat.CkSshKey()

#  Load a private key from a PEM file:
#  (Private keys may be loaded from OpenSSH and Putty formats.
#  Both encrypted and unencrypted private key file formats
#  are supported.  This example loads an unencrypted private
#  key in OpenSSH format.
privKey = key.loadText("myPrivateKey.pem")
if (privKey == None ):
    print key.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

success = key.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(privKey)
if (success != True):
    print key.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
#  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
#  authentication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePk("myLogin",key)
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

print sftp.lastErrorText()
print "Public-Key Authentication Successful!"