(SQL Server) SSH Tunnel Authenticate Secure

Demonstrates how to do SSH password authentication with secure strings.

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71 or greater.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @success int

    -- Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
    -- that contains this:

    -- {
    --   "ssh_login": "2+qylFfC56Ck7OQQt/U2/w==",
    --   "ssh_password": "5neIq9Jmn0E3p71N6Yc8TA=="
    -- }

    DECLARE @json int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/passwords/ssh.json'

    DECLARE @crypt int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Crypt2" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Crypt2', @crypt OUT

    -- These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'CryptAlgorithm', 'aes'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'CipherMode', 'cbc'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'KeyLength', 128
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'SetEncodedKey', NULL, '000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F', 'hex'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'SetEncodedIV', NULL, '000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F', 'hex'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @crypt, 'EncodingMode', 'base64'

    DECLARE @ssLogin int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.SecureString" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.SecureString', @ssLogin OUT

    DECLARE @ssPassword int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.SecureString" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.SecureString', @ssPassword OUT

    -- Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
    -- a randomly generated session key.)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'ssh_login'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'DecryptSecureENC', @success OUT, @sTmp0, @ssLogin
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'ssh_password'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'DecryptSecureENC', @success OUT, @sTmp0, @ssPassword

    DECLARE @tunnel int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.SshTunnel" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.SshTunnel', @tunnel OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tunnel, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP', 22
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @tunnel, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssLogin
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssPassword
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @tunnel
        RETURN
      END

    -- Authenticate using secure strings
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tunnel, 'AuthenticateSecPw', @success OUT, @ssLogin, @ssPassword
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @tunnel, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssLogin
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssPassword
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @tunnel
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'SSH Tunnel Authentication successful.'

    -- ...

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @tunnel, 'CloseTunnel', @success OUT, 1

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssLogin
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ssPassword
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @tunnel


END
GO