Ruby

SSH Tunnel for Database Connection (such as ADO, ODBC, JDBC, etc.)

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Demonstrates how to create an SSH tunneling client in a background thread of your application. This makes it possible to SSH tunnel database connections without the need for separate software (such as PuTTY) to be running. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

success = false

tunnel = Chilkat::CkSshTunnel.new()

sshHostname = "sftp.example.com"
sshPort = 22

# Connect to an SSH server and establish the SSH tunnel:
success = tunnel.Connect(sshHostname,sshPort)
if (success != true)
    print tunnel.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Authenticate with the SSH server via a login/password
# or with a public key.  
# This example demonstrates SSH password authentication.
success = tunnel.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword")
if (success != true)
    print tunnel.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# The destination host/port is the database server.
# The DestHostname may be the domain name or 
# IP address (in dotted decimal notation) of the database
# server.
tunnel.put_DestPort(1433)
tunnel.put_DestHostname("myDbServer.com")

# Start accepting connections in a background thread.
# The SSH tunnels are autonomously run in a background
# thread.  There is one background thread for accepting
# connections, and another for managing the tunnel pool.
listenPort = 3316
success = tunnel.BeginAccepting(listenPort)
if (success != true)
    print tunnel.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# At this point the app may connect to the database server through
# the SSH tunnel.  The database connection string would
# use "localhost" for the hostname and 3316 for the port.
# We're not going to show the database coding here,
# because it can vary depending on the API you're using
# (ADO, ODBC, OLE DB, etc. )

# This is where the application's database code would go...

# Stop the background listen/accept thread:
waitForThreadExit = true
success = tunnel.StopAccepting(waitForThreadExit)
if (success != true)
    print tunnel.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Close the SSH tunnel (would also kick any remaining connected clients).
success = tunnel.CloseTunnel(waitForThreadExit)
if (success != true)
    print tunnel.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end