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Classic ASP

SSH Execute Remote Commands

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Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output.

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success = 0

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

set ssh = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

port = 22
success = ssh.Connect("the-ssh-server.com",port)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Authenticate using login/password:
success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("theSshLogin","theSshPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Send some commands and get the output.
strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("df","ansi")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---- df ----") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( strOutput) & "</pre>"

strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("echo hello world","ansi")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---- echo hello world ----") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( strOutput) & "</pre>"

strOutput = ssh.QuickCommand("date","ansi")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ssh.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---- date ----") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( strOutput) & "</pre>"

' --------------
' Sample output:

' 	---- df ----
' 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
' 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
' 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
' 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
' 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
' 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
' 
' 	---- echo hello world ----
' 	hello world
' 
' 	---- date ----
' 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016

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