VBScript

Multiple SendReqExec on the Same Connection

Demonstrates running a series of commands on one SSH connection using SendReqExec. Each exec request requires its own logical channel — this is not a separate SSH connection, just a new session channel on the existing one.

Background: An SSH session channel is single-use for an exec request: once the command runs and the server closes the channel, that channel cannot be reused. Opening a fresh channel per command is cheap, since the expensive work — the TCP connection, key exchange, and authentication — is done once and shared. This is why running ten commands over one connection is far faster than connecting ten times.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

'  Demonstrates running a series of commands on one SSH connection using SendReqExec.  Each exec
'  request requires its own logical channel.  This is not a new SSH connection -- it is simply a
'  new session channel on the existing one.

set ssh = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

hostname = "ssh.example.com"
port = 22
success = ssh.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
'  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
password = "mySshPassword"

success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  IMPORTANT: Set a read timeout.  ReadTimeoutMs defaults to 0, which means no limit -- without
'  it, this call waits forever if the server never sends channel close.
ssh.ReadTimeoutMs = 15000

'  ---- 1st command, on its own session channel ----
channelNum = ssh.OpenSessionChannel()
If (channelNum < 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ssh.SendReqExec(channelNum,"ls -al")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ssh.ChannelReceiveToClose(channelNum)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

cmdOutput = ssh.GetReceivedText(channelNum,"utf-8")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(cmdOutput)
outFile.WriteLine("----")

'  ---- 2nd command, on a NEW session channel over the same connection ----
channelNum = ssh.OpenSessionChannel()
If (channelNum < 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ssh.SendReqExec(channelNum,"nslookup chilkatsoft.com")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ssh.ChannelReceiveToClose(channelNum)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

cmdOutput = ssh.GetReceivedText(channelNum,"utf-8")
If (ssh.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(cmdOutput)

ssh.Disconnect 

outFile.Close