(C) FTP through SSH Tunnel

Demonstrates how to FTP through an SSH tunnel.

The Chilkat SSH tunnel object is used to create a portable SSH tunnel w/ dynamic port forwarding on a background thread that the foreground thread can use for establishing connections through an SSH tunnel.

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#include <C_CkGlobal.h>
#include <C_CkSshTunnel.h>
#include <C_CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkGlobal chilkatGlob;
    BOOL success;
    HCkSshTunnel tunnel;
    const char *sshHostname;
    int sshPort;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    const char *localPath;
    const char *remoteFilename;
    BOOL waitForThreadExit;

    // Starting in v9.5.0.49, all Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
    // by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
    chilkatGlob = CkGlobal_Create();
    success = CkGlobal_UnlockBundle(chilkatGlob,"Anything for 30-day trial.");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkGlobal_lastErrorText(chilkatGlob));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        return;
    }

    // This example requires Chilkat version 9.5.0.50 or greater.
    tunnel = CkSshTunnel_Create();

    sshHostname = "www.my-ssh-server.com";
    sshPort = 22;

    // Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
    success = CkSshTunnel_Connect(tunnel,sshHostname,sshPort);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText(tunnel));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
    // or with a public key.  
    // This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
    success = CkSshTunnel_AuthenticatePw(tunnel,"mySshLogin","mySshPassword");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText(tunnel));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        return;
    }

    // Indicate that the background SSH tunnel thread will behave as a SOCKS proxy server
    // with dynamic port forwarding:
    CkSshTunnel_putDynamicPortForwarding(tunnel,TRUE);

    // We may optionally require that connecting clients authenticate with our SOCKS proxy server.
    // To do this, set an inbound username/password.  Any connecting clients would be required to 
    // use SOCKS5 with the correct username/password.
    // If no inbound username/password is set, then our SOCKS proxy server will accept both
    // SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 unauthenticated connections.

    CkSshTunnel_putInboundSocksUsername(tunnel,"chilkat123");
    CkSshTunnel_putInboundSocksPassword(tunnel,"password123");

    // Start the listen/accept thread to begin accepting SOCKS proxy client connections.
    // Listen on port 1080.
    success = CkSshTunnel_BeginAccepting(tunnel,1080);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText(tunnel));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        return;
    }

    // Now that a background thread is running a SOCKS proxy server that forwards connections
    // through an SSH tunnel, it is possible to use any Chilkat implemented protocol that is SOCKS capable,
    // such as Socket, HTTP, POP3, SMTP, IMAP, FTP, etc.  The protocol may use SSL/TLS because the SSL/TLS
    // will be passed through the SSH tunnel to the end-destination.  Also, any number of simultaneous
    // connections may be routed through the SSH tunnel.

    // Let's do an FTP upload through the SSH tunnel.  Both the control and data connections 
    // go through the tunnel.
    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"login");
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"password");

    // Indicate that the FTP2 object is to use our portable SOCKS proxy/SSH tunnel running in our background thread.
    CkFtp2_putSocksHostname(ftp,"localhost");
    CkFtp2_putSocksPort(ftp,1080);
    CkFtp2_putSocksVersion(ftp,5);
    CkFtp2_putSocksUsername(ftp,"chilkat123");
    CkFtp2_putSocksPassword(ftp,"password123");

    // Connect to the FTP server
    success = CkFtp2_ConnectOnly(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Authenticate with the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2_LoginAfterConnectOnly(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
    success = CkFtp2_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,"junk");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Upload a file.
    localPath = "/temp/hamlet.xml";
    remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml";

    success = CkFtp2_PutFile(ftp,localPath,remoteFilename);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // This closes the SSH channel within the SSH tunnel,
    // and thus closes the connection with the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);

    printf("File Uploaded!\n");

    // Stop the background listen/accept thread:
    waitForThreadExit = TRUE;
    success = CkSshTunnel_StopAccepting(tunnel,waitForThreadExit);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText(tunnel));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
    success = CkSshTunnel_CloseTunnel(tunnel,waitForThreadExit);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSshTunnel_lastErrorText(tunnel));
        CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
        CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }



    CkGlobal_Dispose(chilkatGlob);
    CkSshTunnel_Dispose(tunnel);
    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

    }