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Version: 11 - TBD

class connector_types.connector_type_scp.ConnectorTypeSCP

Copy a file from a SCP remote host to Cloudomation Engine or vice-versa.

This connector type uses SCP to copy a single file from a remote host to Cloudomation Engine or to copy a sigle file from Cloudomation Engine to a remote host.

Example: |

SSH key authentication and copying a file from a remote host to Cloudomation Engine

import flow_api

def handler(system: flow_api.System, this: flow_api.Execution, inputs: dict):
    this.connect(
        connector_type='SCP',
        authentication={
            'authentication_method': 'ssh_key',
            'username': '...',
            'ssh_key': '...',
        },
        host='...',
        hostkey={
            'hostkey_mode': 'known_host',
            'known_host': '...',
        },
        mode={
            'mode_name': 'copy_file_to_engine',
            'source_file_name': '...',
            'destination_file_name': '...',
        },
    )
    return this.success('all done')

Username and password authentication and copying a file from Cloudomation Engine to a remote host

import flow_api

def handler(system: flow_api.System, this: flow_api.Execution, inputs: dict):
    this.connect(
        connector_type='SCP',
        authentication={
            'authentication_method': 'username_password',
            'username': '...',
            'password': '...',
        },
        host='...',
        port={
            'port_mode': 'port_number',
            'port_number': 2022,  # non-standard port
        },
        hostkey={
            'hostkey_mode': 'known_host',
            'known_host': '...',
        },
        mode={
            'mode_name': 'copy_file_from_engine',
            'source_file_name': '...',
            'destination_file_name': '...',
        },
    )
    return this.success('all done')

Input Schema​

  • schema_version

    Type: string

  • authentication

    Type: anyOf

  • host

    The remote hostname or IP address.

    Type: string

  • hostkey

    The public key of host.

    Type: anyOf

  • port

    Type: anyOf

  • mode

    Type: anyOf

  • connect_timeout

    A timeout for connecting to a peer in seconds.

    Type: integer

    Default: 30

Output Schema​