Close an SSH Tunnel

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Demonstrates Socket.SshCloseTunnel, which closes the SSH tunnel opened by SshOpenTunnel and terminates its forwarded channels.

import { Socket } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  const socket = new Socket();

  // Connect to the SSH server and initialize an SSH tunneling session.  Port 22 is conventional but
  // not required.
  try {
    await socket.sshOpenTunnelAsync('ssh.example.com', 22);
  } catch {
    console.log(socket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Authenticate the SSH session before opening forwarded channels.
  // The SSH password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
  const sshPassword = 'mySshPassword';
  try {
    await socket.sshAuthenticatePwAsync('sshUser', sshPassword);
  } catch {
    console.log(socket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Close the SSH tunnel and terminate its forwarded channels.  This does not affect unrelated SSH
  // objects or connections.
  try {
    await socket.sshCloseTunnelAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(socket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('SSH tunnel closed.');
}