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SSH Commands to a Sophos Router Device Console

Demonstrates establishing an SSH session with a Sophos XG router and sending commands in its device console session. The router presents a numbered main menu; the example selects the Device Console entry and then runs commands at the resulting console> prompt.

Note: QuickShell allocates a PTY, which is what a network device console expects. The device presents an interactive prompt, and each command's output is read up to the next prompt.

Background: Menu-driven appliances require the client to navigate the interface exactly as a human would — read the menu, send the keystroke that selects an entry, then wait for the next prompt. Because the prompt changes as you move between menu levels, the pattern you match on must change too, which is why this example matches the menu text first and console> afterward.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    --  Demonstrates establishing an SSH session with a Sophos XG router and sending commands in its
    --  device console session.
    --  
    --  Note: QuickShell allocates a PTY, which is what a device console expects.  Navigating the
    --  device's menus is a matter of reading up to each prompt and sending the expected keystrokes.

    DECLARE @ssh int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Ssh', @ssh OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 22
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'Connect', @success OUT, '172.16.16.16', @port
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    --  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.
    DECLARE @password nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @password = 'mySshPassword'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'AuthenticatePw', @success OUT, 'mySshLogin', @password
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @channelNum int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'QuickShell', @channelNum OUT
    IF @channelNum < 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    --  IMPORTANT: Set a read timeout before receiving until a match.  ReadTimeoutMs defaults to 0,
    --  which means no limit -- without it, this call waits forever if the received data never
    --  contains a match.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @ssh, 'ReadTimeoutMs', 15000

    DECLARE @caseSensitive int
    SELECT @caseSensitive = 1

    --  The router presents a numbered main menu ending with "Select Menu Number [0-7]: ".
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelReceiveUntilMatch', @success OUT, @channelNum, 'Select Menu Number', 'utf-8', @caseSensitive
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @cmdOutput nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'GetReceivedText', @cmdOutput OUT, @channelNum, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @cmdOutput

    --  Choose menu item 4 (Device Console), exactly as if typing it in a terminal.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelSendString', @success OUT, @channelNum, '4' + CHAR(10), 'utf-8'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    --  The device console prompt is "console>".
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelReceiveUntilMatch', @success OUT, @channelNum, 'console>', 'utf-8', @caseSensitive
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'GetReceivedText', @cmdOutput OUT, @channelNum, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @cmdOutput

    --  Send a console command and read its output up to the next prompt.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelSendString', @success OUT, @channelNum, 'dnslookup host google.com' + CHAR(10), 'utf-8'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelReceiveUntilMatch', @success OUT, @channelNum, 'console>', 'utf-8', @caseSensitive
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'GetReceivedText', @cmdOutput OUT, @channelNum, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @cmdOutput

    --  Additional commands follow the same pattern.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelSendString', @success OUT, @channelNum, 'dnslookup host microsoft.com' + CHAR(10), 'utf-8'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'ChannelReceiveUntilMatch', @success OUT, @channelNum, 'console>', 'utf-8', @caseSensitive
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'GetReceivedText', @cmdOutput OUT, @channelNum, 'utf-8'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @ssh, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @cmdOutput

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ssh, 'Disconnect', NULL

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssh


END
GO