Working with SSH

This recipe centers on using the SSH plugin. With this plugin, you are able to connect to appliances (think managed routers, switches, and so on...) or a Linux- or Solaris-based system, run programs, or transfer files.

Getting ready

We need to be able to create a new workflow. We also need a Linux or Solaris system that we can access via SSH (for example, as root). If you don't have a Linux system handy, you can use the Orchestrator appliance itself.

For the SCP example, you need to allow Orchestrator access to its local filesystem, or use the default /var/run/vco directory. Refer to the Configuring access to the local filesystem recipe in Chapter 2, Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration.

If you want to connect to the appliance itself (127.0.0.1) you need to enable SSH access as shown in the Tuning the appliance recipe in Chapter 2, Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration.

How to do it...

We split this recipe into three parts: SSH access, SSL key access, and SCP usage.

Using SSH

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