Delphi ActiveX

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.

Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
ssh1: TChilkatSsh;
hostname: WideString;
port: WideString;
sftp: TChilkatSFtp;
remoteFilePath: WideString;
localFilePath: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

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

ssh1 := TChilkatSsh.Create(Self);

// Hostname may be an IP address or domain name:
hostname := '192.168.1.111';
port := 22;

// Connect directly to the 1st SSH server:
success := ssh1.Connect(hostname,port);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ssh1.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate using login/password:
success := ssh1.AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ssh1.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  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.
sftp := TChilkatSFtp.Create(Self);

// Connect to some SSH/SFTP server through ssh1.
success := sftp.ConnectThroughSsh(ssh1.ControlInterface,'sftp.someremoteserver.com',22);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate with the SFTP server. 
success := sftp.AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success := sftp.InitializeSftp();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  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;
remoteFilePath := 'hamlet.xml';
localFilePath := 'c:/temp/hamlet.xml';

success := sftp.UploadFileByName(remoteFilePath,localFilePath);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('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.
sftp.Disconnect();

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

ssh1.Disconnect();
end;