SSH

The SSH node is useful for executing commands using the Secure Shell Protocol.

Basic Operations

• Execute a command
• Download a file
• Upload a file

Note: To attach a file for upload, you will need to use an additional node such as the Read/Write Files from Disk node or the HTTP Request node to pass the file as a data property.

Node Reference

• Authentication: A dropdown list to choose between Password or Private Key authentication.
• Resource: A dropdown list used to specify if you are executing a command or processing a file.
• Operation: A dropdown list to select the action to be performed. When selecting Command as the Resource , only Execute is available. For a File Resource you can select either Upload or Download .
• Command: Only visible for Command resources. The command to execute on the remote machine.
• Working Directory: Only visible for Command resources. The directory where the command should be executed.
• Path: Only visible for Download operation on file resources. The path where the desired file is found.
• Binary Property: Only visible for file resources. The name of the binary property which contains the data for the file to be uploaded.
• Target Directory: Only visible for Upload operations on file resources. The directory to upload the file to. The name of the file doesn'tneed to be specified, it's taken from the binary data file name. To override this behavior, set the parameter File Name under options.