(Xojo Plugin) SSH Commands to Cisco Switch

Demonstrates how to establish an SSH session with a Cisco switch (or something similar) and send commands in a device console session.

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

Dim ssh As New Chilkat.Ssh

Dim success As Boolean
success = ssh.Connect("172.16.16.100",22)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate using login/password:
success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Start a shell session.
Dim channelNum As Int32
channelNum = ssh.QuickShell()
If (channelNum < 0) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// If the CISCO switch returns a prompt with "#", then read until we get the prompt.
// (It's not actually required that we do this, but it helps to know that all is OK at this point..)
success = ssh.ChannelReceiveUntilMatch(channelNum,"#","utf-8",True)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Show what we received so far:
System.DebugLog(ssh.GetReceivedText(channelNum,"utf-8"))

// Send a "show clock" command.
success = ssh.ChannelSendString(channelNum,"show clock" + EndOfLine.Unix,"utf-8")

// Read the output to the next interactive prompt.
success = ssh.ChannelReceiveUntilMatch(channelNum,"#","utf-8",True)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(ssh.GetReceivedText(channelNum,"utf-8"))

// Send another command and get the output, and so on...
success = ssh.ChannelSendString(channelNum,"some other command" + EndOfLine.Unix,"utf-8")
success = ssh.ChannelReceiveUntilMatch(channelNum,"#","utf-8",True)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ssh.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(ssh.GetReceivedText(channelNum,"utf-8"))

ssh.Disconnect