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Version: 6 - Palatschinke

ConnectorTypeSCP

class connector_types.connector_type_scp.ConnectorTypeSCP

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

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

Inputs

NameTypeDefaultDescription
connect_timeoutNumber60How long to wait for the SSH connection to be established
copy_timeoutint60How long to wait for the copy to finish
dstStringThe path of the destination file. Use the format "cloudomation:[path]" to copy a file to cloudomation
hostkeyStringThe OpenSSH host key to validate the hosts identity
hostnameStringThe hostname or IP to use
keyStringNoneThe SSH private key to use to authenticate. Either "password" or "key" must be specified
passwordStringNoneThe password to use to authenticate. Either "password" or "key" must be specified
portNumber22The port number to connect to
srcStringThe path of the source file to copy. Use the format "cloudomation:[path]" to copy a file from cloudomation
usernameStringThe user name to use

Outputs

NameTypeDefaultDescription
execution_idintThe ID of the connection execution
messagestrThe ended message for the connection. If the connection ended with an error, the message will contain information about what went wrong
statusstrThe ended status for the connection. Either "success" or "error".

Constants

input_list = ['connect_timeout', 'copy_timeout', 'dst', 'hostkey', 'hostname', 'key', 'password', 'port', 'src', 'username'] output_list = [] ssl_context_inputs = ['check_hostname', 'client_cert', 'client_key', 'server_ca'] version = 1

Methods

Example

import flow_api

def handler(system: flow_api.System, this: flow_api.Execution):
this.connect(
connector_type='SCP',
hostname='my-ssh-server',
hostkey='ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2E...',
username='kevin',
key='-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMII...',
name='copy apache error log from host',
src='/var/log/httpd-error.log',
dst='cloudomation:apache-error.log',
)
error_log_content = system.file('apache-error.log').get_text_content()
auth_failure_count = error_log_content.count('authentication failure')
this.log(f'there are {auth_failure_count} authentication failures')

return this.success('all done')