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= Run SSH commands

== Description

The Run SSH commands transform allows you to execute commands over the secure shell (ssh) TCP/IP protocol. You can pass text to stdout or stderr in the commands. This information can then be picked up by the transform and passed in a field to subsequent transforms.

== Options

=== General Tab

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|Option|Description
|Transform name|Name of the transform.
|Server name / IP address|You can specify the server or IP address of the machine on which you want to execute a command.
|Server port|The TCP/IP port on which the ssh protocol lives on the server.  The default is 22.
|Timeout|The timeout in seconds.  If set to a number larger than zero you can specify a non-default connection timeout.
|Username|The username to log in with.
|Password|The password to use.
|Use key|Enable this option if you want to log in using a private key
|Private key|The private key file.  The private part of a private/public RSA key-pair (see: ssh-keygen)
|Passphrase|The optional pass-phrase used when the key-pair was generated.
|Proxy host|The proxy server host to use (name or IP address).
|Proxy port|The proxy server port to use.
|Proxy username|The proxy user name.
|Proxy password|The proxy password .
|Test connection|Use this button to see if the supplied credentials are sufficient for logging into the SSH server.
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=== Settings Tab

**Output**

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|Option|Description
|response field name|The name of the String output field that will contain the text passed to the standard output channel (stdout) by the specified commands.
|error response field name|The name of the String output field that will contain the text passed to the standard error channel (stderr) by the specified commands. 
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**Commands**

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|Option|Description
|Get commands from field|Enable this option if you want to execute commands specified in an input field
|Commands field name|Select the input field that will contain the commands to execute
|Commands|Field allows you to specify the commands to execute. 
|===