Command

type: "io.kestra.plugin.fs.ssh.Command"

Send a command to a remote server using SSH.

Examples

Run SSH command using password authentication

id: fs_ssh_command
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: command
    type: io.kestra.plugin.fs.ssh.Command
    host: localhost
    port: "22"
    authMethod: PASSWORD
    username: foo
    password: pass
    commands: ['ls']

Run SSH command using public key authentication (must be an OpenSSH private key)

id: fs_ssh_command
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: command
    type: io.kestra.plugin.fs.ssh.Command
    host: localhost
    port: "22"
    authMethod: PUBLIC_KEY
    username: root
    privateKey: "{{ secret('SSH_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY') }}"
    commands: ['touch kestra_was_here']

Run SSH command using the local OpenSSH configuration

id: ssh
namespace: company.team
tasks:
  - id: ssh
    type: io.kestra.plugin.fs.ssh.Command
    authMethod: OPEN_SSH
    useOpenSSHConfig: true
    host: localhost
    password: pass.
    commands:
      - echo "Hello World"

Properties

authMethod

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ✔️
• Default: PASSWORD
• Possible Values:
  • PASSWORD
  • PUBLIC_KEY
  • OPEN_SSH

Authentication method

commands

• Type: array
• SubType: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ✔️
• Min items: 1

The list of commands to run on the remote server

enableSshRsa1

• Type:
  • boolean
  • string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ✔️

host

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ✔️

Hostname of the remote server

warningOnStdErr

• Type:
  • boolean
  • string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ✔️

env

• Type: object
• SubType: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌

Environment variables to pass to the SSH process.

openSSHConfigDir

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌
• Default: ~/.ssh/config

OpenSSH configuration directory in case the authentication method is OPEN_SSH.

password

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌

Password on the remote server, required for password auth method

port

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌
• Default: 22

Port of the remote server

privateKey

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌

Private SSH Key to authenticate, required for pubkey auth method

privateKeyPassphrase

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌

Passphrase used in order to unseal the private key, optional for pubkey auth method

strictHostKeyChecking

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌
• Default: no

Whether to check if the host public key could be found among known host, one of 'yes', 'no', 'ask'

username

• Type: string
• Dynamic: ✔️
• Required: ❌

Username on the remote server, required for password auth method

Outputs

exitCode

• Type: integer
• Required: ✔️
• Default: 0

The exit code of the entire Flow Execution

vars

• Type: object
• Required: ❌

The value extracted from the output of the executed commands

Definitions