DataFlex

Multiple Hop SSH to SFTP

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Demonstrates how to SFTP through an intermediate SSH server (multiple hop). The scheme looks like this:

Application => ServerSSH1 => ServerSFtp

The ConnectThroughSsh method is added in Chilkat version 9.5.0.55 to accomplish this task.

DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vSsh1
    Handle hoSsh1
    String sHostname
    String sPort
    Handle hoSftp
    String sRemoteFilePath
    String sLocalFilePath
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatSsh)) To hoSsh1
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSsh1))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSsh1
    End

    // Hostname may be an IP address or domain name:
    Move "192.168.1.111" To sHostname
    Move 22 To sPort

    // Connect directly to the 1st SSH server:
    Get ComConnect Of hoSsh1 sHostname sPort To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSsh1 To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    Get ComAuthenticatePw Of hoSsh1 "myLogin" "myPassword" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSsh1 To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Connect through the 1st SSH connection to reach a 2nd SSH server (for SFTP)
    // Note: Any number of connections may be simultaneously tunneled through a single
    // existing SSH connection.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatSFtp)) To hoSftp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSftp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSftp
    End

    // Connect to some SSH/SFTP server through ssh1.
    Get pvComObject of hoSsh1 to vSsh1
    Get ComConnectThroughSsh Of hoSftp vSsh1 "sftp.someremoteserver.com" 22 To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSftp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Authenticate with the SFTP server. 
    Get ComAuthenticatePw Of hoSftp "myLogin" "myPassword" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSftp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    Get ComInitializeSftp Of hoSftp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSftp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Upload from the local file to the SSH server.
    // Important -- the remote filepath is the 1st argument,
    // the local filepath is the 2nd argument;
    Move "hamlet.xml" To sRemoteFilePath
    Move "c:/temp/hamlet.xml" To sLocalFilePath

    Get ComUploadFileByName Of hoSftp sRemoteFilePath sLocalFilePath To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSftp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln "Success."

    // Close the connection with the SFTP server.(This closes the the tunnel through ssh1.)
    // The connection with ssh1 is still alive, and may be used for more connections.
    Send ComDisconnect To hoSftp

    // ...
    // ...
    // ...

    Send ComDisconnect To hoSsh1


End_Procedure