ssh2-executor

Execute one or more commands on the target machine by ssh2 and reduce results.

Installation

Install ssh2-executor using npm:

$ npm install ssh2-executor --save-dev

Usage

const Executor = require('ssh2-executor');
Executor.run({object} argv, {Array} commands, {function} reduce);

• argv {object} SSH2 connection options:
  • host {string} Default: localhost
  • port {number} Default: 22
  • username {string} Default: administrator
  • password {string} Default: null
• commands {Array} Commands to execute
• reduce {function} Reduce function takes next parameters:
  • resutls {Array} Result outputs according to commands
  • timing {object} total beg, end ms

Example

Execute whoami and hostname commands on the target machine, compare with the expected values and out boolean answer:

'use strict';
const argv = require('optimist').argv;
const Executor = require('ssh2-executor');

Executor.run(argv, [
    'whoami',
    'hostname'

], (results, t) => {
    console.log(/^administrator\s?/.test(results[0]) && /^SuperMachine\s?/.test(results[1]));
    console.log(`Execution Time ${t.end - t.beg} ms`);
});

Output:

true
Execution Time 923 ms