promised-ssh

Promise wrapped ssh2

Install

npm install --save promised-ssh

Usage

.connect(options)

Takes a object with options similar to ssh2. This object is passed along to ssh2 connect. It returns a promise of an Connection.

.connectMock(options)

Returns a MockConnection which behaves similarly to Connection except it never tries to connect anywhere and the outcome of commands and the mocked connection is determined by mock-options which can be set with .setMockOptions.

.setMockOptions(options)

Sets the options used to determine the outcome of MockConnection.connect and MockConnection.exec. It takes an object with options. The possible options are:

• failConnect (boolean) - Tells whether MockConnection.connect should fail or not. Default is false. If this is true it will throw an ConnectionError which is exposed under errors.
• commands (object) - An object with information about return code, stdout and stderr that a command should give. All three options is optional and have the following defaults: code=0, stdout='', stderr=''. The default for the option is {}
• throwIfMockNotDefined (boolean) - Throw an error if exec is called on a command that doesn't have a mock output defined

Example

ssh.setMockOptions({
  commands: {
    'cd project && make': {
      stdout: 'make: Nothing to be done for `all`.'
    }
  }
})

.setOfflineMode(true)

Will prevent any real connections from being made, causing an error to be throwin instead. Useful when in test mode to make sure tests don't trigger connections to remote servers.

Connection

Connection.connect()

Returns a promise that resolves a Connection-object when ssh2 opens a connection. this.options is used as connect options in ssh2.

Connection.exec(list_of_commands)

Takes a list of commands to run on the current connection. After the commands have been runned the connection will be closed. It returns a promise of an array: [stdout, stderr].

Example

var ssh = require('promised-ssh');

ssh
  .connect({
    host: 'localhost',
    username: 'rolf',
    privateKey: '...'
  })
  .then(function(connection) {
    return connection.exec(['ls -al']);
  })
  .spread(function(stdout, stderr) {
    console.log('Returned with return code ' + return_code);
    if (stdout) console.log('STDOUT: ' + stdout);
    if (stderr) console.log('STDERR: ' + stderr);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // error is here an instance of ssh.errors.CommandExecutionError
    // it contains information about exit code, stdout and stderr
    throw error;
  });