(PowerBuilder) SSH Parallel Remote Commands on Multiple Servers

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Shows how to execute a command in parallel on multiple servers.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Ssh1
oleobject loo_Ssh2
oleobject loo_Ssh3
integer li_Port
integer li_Success
string ls_Cmd
integer li_Ssh1Channel
integer li_Ssh2Channel
integer li_Ssh3Channel
integer li_PollTimeoutMs
integer li_NumFinished
integer li_Channel
integer li_Ssh1Finished
integer li_Ssh2Finished
integer li_Ssh3Finished

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

// Executing a command on multiple servers simultaneously is straightforward.
// It's just a matter of using one SSH object per server..
loo_Ssh1 = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Ssh" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Ssh1.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ssh")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Ssh1
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Ssh2 = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Ssh" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Ssh2.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

loo_Ssh3 = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Ssh" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Ssh3.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

li_Port = 22
li_Success = loo_Ssh1.Connect("ssh-server1.com",li_Port)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ssh1.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ssh1
    destroy loo_Ssh2
    destroy loo_Ssh3
    return
end if

// Authenticate using login/password:
li_Success = loo_Ssh1.AuthenticatePw("sshLogin1","sshPassword1")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ssh1.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ssh1
    destroy loo_Ssh2
    destroy loo_Ssh3
    return
end if

// Connect and authenticate with 2 more servers.
// For brevity, the success/failure won't be checked...
li_Success = loo_Ssh2.Connect("ssh-server2.com",li_Port)
li_Success = loo_Ssh2.AuthenticatePw("sshLogin2","sshPassword2")
li_Success = loo_Ssh3.Connect("ssh-server3.com",li_Port)
li_Success = loo_Ssh3.AuthenticatePw("sshLogin3","sshPassword3")

// Note: If we wanted, we could've used ConnectAsync and AuthenticatePwAsync
// to do the connecting and authenticating in parallel...

// The command to be run on each SSH server will sleep for 5 seconds,
// and then show the current system date/time.
ls_Cmd = "sleep 5; date"

// Start each command
li_Ssh1Channel = loo_Ssh1.QuickCmdSend(ls_Cmd)
if li_Ssh1Channel < 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ssh1.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ssh1
    destroy loo_Ssh2
    destroy loo_Ssh3
    return
end if

// For brevity, we're not checking the return values here:
li_Ssh2Channel = loo_Ssh2.QuickCmdSend(ls_Cmd)
li_Ssh3Channel = loo_Ssh3.QuickCmdSend(ls_Cmd)

// OK, at this point the command is running simultaneously on each server.

// Now collect the results of each command.
li_PollTimeoutMs = 50
li_NumFinished = 0

// Note: You would rewrite this code to use arrays.
li_Ssh1Finished = 0
li_Ssh2Finished = 0
li_Ssh3Finished = 0
do while li_NumFinished < 3
    // Check to see if anything has finished.
    // QuickCmdCheck returns -1 if there are no errors and nothing else finished
    // QuickCmdCheck returns -2 if there was an error (such as a lost connection)
    // QuickCmdCheck returns a channel number if a channel finished.
    if li_Ssh1Finished <> 1 then
        li_Channel = loo_Ssh1.QuickCmdCheck(li_PollTimeoutMs)
        if li_Channel = -2 then
            Write-Debug loo_Ssh1.LastErrorText
            destroy loo_Ssh1
            destroy loo_Ssh2
            destroy loo_Ssh3
            return
        end if

        if li_Channel = li_Ssh1Channel then
            Write-Debug "---- ssh1 channel " + string(li_Channel) + " finished ----"
            Write-Debug loo_Ssh1.GetReceivedText(li_Channel,"ansi")
            li_NumFinished = li_NumFinished + 1
            li_Ssh1Finished = 1
        end if

    end if

    if li_Ssh2Finished <> 1 then
        li_Channel = loo_Ssh2.QuickCmdCheck(li_PollTimeoutMs)
        if li_Channel = -2 then
            Write-Debug loo_Ssh2.LastErrorText
            destroy loo_Ssh1
            destroy loo_Ssh2
            destroy loo_Ssh3
            return
        end if

        if li_Channel = li_Ssh2Channel then
            Write-Debug "---- ssh2 channel " + string(li_Channel) + " finished ----"
            Write-Debug loo_Ssh2.GetReceivedText(li_Channel,"ansi")
            li_NumFinished = li_NumFinished + 1
            li_Ssh2Finished = 1
        end if

    end if

    if li_Ssh3Finished <> 1 then
        li_Channel = loo_Ssh3.QuickCmdCheck(li_PollTimeoutMs)
        if li_Channel = -2 then
            Write-Debug loo_Ssh3.LastErrorText
            destroy loo_Ssh1
            destroy loo_Ssh2
            destroy loo_Ssh3
            return
        end if

        if li_Channel = li_Ssh3Channel then
            Write-Debug "---- ssh3 channel " + string(li_Channel) + " finished ----"
            Write-Debug loo_Ssh3.GetReceivedText(li_Channel,"ansi")
            li_NumFinished = li_NumFinished + 1
            li_Ssh3Finished = 1
        end if

    end if

loop

// --------------
// Sample output:

// 	---- ssh2 channel 101 finished ----
// 	Fri Dec 23 00:25:48 UTC 2016
// 
// 	---- ssh3 channel 102 finished ----
// 	Thu Dec 22 18:25:12 CST 2016
// 
// 	---- ssh1 channel 100 finished ----
// 	Thu Dec 22 18:25:48 CST 2016


destroy loo_Ssh1
destroy loo_Ssh2
destroy loo_Ssh3