Overview
SSH Connection Manager is SSIS Connection Manager for establishing SSH connections. Use the API to build components based on SSH Connection Manager.
The Secure Shell (SSH) Connection implements the following standards:
- SSH Transport Layer Protocol, as described in IETF RFC 4253,
- SSH Authentication protocol, as described in RFC 4252, and
- SSH Connection Protocol as described in RFC 4254.
As a result, it performs the following functionality:
- Authenticates the server for the client
- Authenticates the client for the server
- Multiplexes the encrypted tunnel into several logical channels.
The SSH Connection provides the ability to login securely to a remote server and to use other secure network services over an insecure network. Public/private key encryption is used for the client and server to authenticate each other. A password is used to login to an account on the server.
The secure connection always gets closed at the end of package execution.
Currently, the SSH Connection may be used with the File Transfer Task (for SFTP), the SSH Execute Task, the SCP Task, and the Secure Tunnel Task (this is a script that can be used with Script Task Plus). Other tasks, components, and scripts may be added to this list in the future.
In order to use the SSH Connection, you will need to have access to the encryption key file and the passphrase for it. You’ll also need to have the user name and password, as well as the IP address of the host you are connecting to and the port to use for that connection. The default port is 22 and can be changed to a port of your choosing. Consult with your network and security administrators to obtain the encryption file and other credentials to use for your environment.
The Advanced tab gives you the ability to turn on verbose logging and to select the binary file transfer mode. If you do not select binary file transfer mode, the ASCII file transfer mode will be used by default.
Under the Proxy tab, you may specify all the information necessary for using a proxy server: host IP address, port, user name, password, and proxy type (ie. Tunnel, SOCKS4, SOCKS5).
