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Connect to an SSH Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.Connect method, which establishes a connection to an SSH server. The first argument is the hostname (a DNS name or a numeric IPv4/IPv6 address) and the second is the TCP port, usually 22. Connecting is the first step; authentication follows before any channels can be opened.

Background: Connect establishes only the SSH transport — the encrypted channel and host-key exchange — but does not log in. An SSH session is always used in stages: connect, authenticate, then open one or more channels for shell, exec, or port-forwarding work. Timeouts and optional SOCKS/HTTP proxying are controlled by the object's properties before this call.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSsh
LOCAL nSshPort

nSuccess := 0

//  Demonstrates the Ssh.Connect method, which establishes a connection to an SSH server.  The
//  1st argument is the hostname (a DNS name or numeric IP) and the 2nd is the TCP port.

oSsh := CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

//  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
nSshPort := 22
nSuccess := oSsh:Connect("ssh.example.com", nSshPort)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSsh:LastErrorText
    oSsh:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Connected to the SSH server."

//  (Authentication would follow here before opening channels.)

oSsh:Disconnect()

oSsh:destroy()