PHP Extension

SFTP Public-Key Authentication (id_ed25519)

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Demonstrates how to authenticate with an SSH/SFTP server using publickey authentication with an Ed25519 private key (id_ed25519). PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$key = new CkSshKey();

// The id_ed25519 file should contain something like this:
// (You can open it in a text editor..)

// -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
// b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAACmFlczI1Ni1jdHIAAAAGYmNyeXB0AAAAGAAAABDIeK9+Xw
// 6Do9gnhtrJu5iJAAAAZAAAAAEAAAAzAAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMh/Ge7fjQCssmVd
// BqjYZbRAI0pY8IrnB6J1yLetq34OAAAAoMVP7cvy4hTiAINA3I4v55OonkpKza8mzfUW18
// RDQeYL3ovCVaAYOGcCpf/SW3QiY6tnXq+5WDEfJ7Z/kQ0nl2+1wSLOytxpyO+IY0rRtLrX
// 6e/agR4nbZpt/MFG6xqcNASbtDgg+9IWGvDrtXOLFofx07/zml+UjFL0tXRpCjOxeqKyXH
// t8SRgdT97d9/bYPwapaXY+b2DVVy5/LVx4Sq8=
// -----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----

$privKeyText = $key->loadText('c:/temp/id_ed25519');
if ($key->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $key->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If your private key was saved encrypted, then you'll need the password.
// In this example, the password "blahblah" is valid for the above key -- which is a real Ed25519 key generated/saved from puttygen.
$key->put_Password('blahblah');

$success = $key->FromOpenSshPrivateKey($privKeyText);
if ($success != true) {
    print $key->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sftp = new CkSFtp();

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp->put_ConnectTimeoutMs(5000);
$sftp->put_IdleTimeoutMs(15000);

$hostname = 'sftp.example.com';
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    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() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
print 'Public-Key Authentication Successful!' . "\n";

// Now go do whatever you're app needs to do...

?>