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      <year>2012</year>
      <year>2013</year>
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    <title>Getting Started</title>
    <prepared></prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <approved></approved>
    <date></date>
    <rev></rev>
    <file>using_ssh.xml</file>
  </header>

  <section>
    <title>General Information</title>
    <p>The following examples use the utility function
    <seealso marker="ssh#start-0"> ssh:start/0</seealso> to start
    all needed applications (<c>crypto</c>, <c>public_key</c>, and <c>ssh</c>).
    All examples are run in an Erlang shell, or in a bash shell, using <em>openssh</em>
    to illustrate how the <c>ssh</c> application can be used. The
    examples are run as the user <c>otptest</c> on a local network where the
    user is authorized to log in over <c>ssh</c> to the host <em>tarlop</em>.
    </p>
    <p>If nothing else is stated, it is presumed that the <c>otptest</c> user
    has an entry in the <em>authorized_keys</em> file of <em>tarlop</em>
    (allowed to log in over <c>ssh</c> without entering a password).
    Also, <em>tarlop</em> is a known host in the <c>known_hosts</c>
    file of the user <c>otptest</c>. This means that host-verification
    can be done without user-interaction.
    </p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Using the Erlang ssh Terminal Client</title>

    <p>The user <c>otptest</c>, which has bash as default shell, uses the
    <c>ssh:shell/1</c> client to connect to the <em>openssh</em> daemon running on a
    host called <em>tarlop</em>:</p>

    <code type="erl" >
      1>  ssh:start().
      ok
      2> {ok, S} = ssh:shell("tarlop").
      >pwd
      /home/otptest
      >exit
      logout
      3>
    </code>
    <p>Notice that this is a simple client that is not expected to be as
    fancy as the <em>openssh</em> client.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="Running an Erlang ssh Daemon"></marker>
    <title>Running an Erlang ssh Daemon</title>

    <p>The <c>system_dir</c> option must be a directory containing a host
    key file and it defaults to <c>/etc/ssh</c>. For details, see Section
    Configuration Files in <seealso
    marker="SSH_app">ssh(6)</seealso>.
    </p>

    <note><p>Normally, the <c>/etc/ssh</c> directory is only readable by root.</p>
    </note>

    <p>The option <c>user_dir</c> defaults to directory <c>users ~/.ssh</c>.</p>

    <p><em>Step 1.</em> To run the example without root privileges,
    generate new keys and host keys:</p>

    <code>
      $bash> ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /tmp/ssh_daemon/ssh_host_rsa_key
      [...]
      $bash> ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/id_rsa
      [...]
    </code>

    <p><em>Step 2.</em> Create the file <c>/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/authorized_keys</c>
    and add the content of <c>/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub</c>.</p>

    <p><em>Step 3.</em> Start the Erlang <c>ssh</c> daemon:</p>

    <code type="erl">
      1> ssh:start().
      ok
      2> {ok, Sshd} = ssh:daemon(8989,  [{system_dir, "/tmp/ssh_daemon"},
      {user_dir, "/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh"}]).
      {ok,&lt;0.54.0>}
      3>
    </code>

    <p><em>Step 4.</em> Use the <em>openssh</em> client from a shell to connect
    to the Erlang <c>ssh</c> daemon:</p>

    <code>
      $bash> ssh tarlop -p 8989  -i /tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/id_rsa\
             -o UserKnownHostsFile=/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/known_hosts
      The authenticity of host 'tarlop' can't be established.
      RSA key fingerprint is 14:81:80:50:b1:1f:57:dd:93:a8:2d:2f:dd:90:ae:a8.
      Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
      Warning: Permanently added 'tarlop' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
      Eshell V5.10  (abort with ^G)
      1>
    </code>

    <p>There are two ways of shutting down an <c>ssh</c> daemon,
    see <em>Step 5a</em> and <em>Step 5b</em>.</p>

    <p><em>Step 5a.</em> Shut down the Erlang <c>ssh</c> daemon so that it
    stops the listener but leaves existing connections, started by the listener,
    operational:</p>

    <code type="erl">
      3> ssh:stop_listener(Sshd).
      ok
      4>
    </code>

    <p><em>Step 5b.</em> Shut down the Erlang <c>ssh</c> daemon so that it
    stops the listener and all connections started by the listener:</p>

    <code type="erl">
      3> ssh:stop_daemon(Sshd)
      ok
      4>
    </code>

  </section>

  <section>
    <title>One-Time Execution</title>

    <p>In the following example, the Erlang shell is the client process
    that receives the channel replies.</p>

    <note><p>The number of received messages in this example depends on which OS
    and which shell that is used on the machine running the <c>ssh</c> daemon.
    See also <seealso marker="ssh_connection#exec-4">ssh_connection:exec/4</seealso>
    </p>.</note>

    <p>Do a one-time execution of a remote command over <c>ssh</c>:</p>

    <code type="erl" >
      1>  ssh:start().
      ok
      2> {ok, ConnectionRef} = ssh:connect("tarlop", 22, []).
      {ok,&lt;0.57.0>}
      3>{ok, ChannelId} =  ssh_connection:session_channel(ConnectionRef, infinity).
      {ok,0}
      4> success = ssh_connection:exec(ConnectionRef, ChannelId, "pwd", infinity).
      5>  flush().
      Shell got {ssh_cm,&lt;0.57.0>,{data,0,0,&lt;&lt;"/home/otptest\n">>}}
      Shell got {ssh_cm,&lt;0.57.0>,{eof,0}}
      Shell got {ssh_cm,&lt;0.57.0>,{exit_status,0,0}}
      Shell got {ssh_cm,&lt;0.57.0>,{closed,0}}
      ok
      6>
    </code>

    <p>Notice that only the channel is closed. The connection is still up and can
    handle other channels:</p>

    <code type="erl" >
      6> {ok, NewChannelId} =  ssh_connection:session_channel(ConnectionRef, infinity).
        {ok,1}
	...
    </code>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>SFTP Server</title>

    <p>Start the Erlang <c>ssh</c> daemon with the SFTP subsystem:</p>

    <code type="erl" >
      1> ssh:start().
      ok
      2> ssh:daemon(8989,  [{system_dir, "/tmp/ssh_daemon"},
         {user_dir, "/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh"},
         {subsystems, [ssh_sftpd:subsystem_spec([{cwd, "/tmp/sftp/example"}])]}]).
      {ok,&lt;0.54.0>}
      3>
    </code>

    <p>Run the OpenSSH SFTP client:</p>

    <code type="erl">
      $bash> sftp -oPort=8989 -o IdentityFile=/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/id_rsa\
             -o UserKnownHostsFile=/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh/known_hosts tarlop
      Connecting to tarlop...
      sftp> pwd
      Remote working directory: /tmp/sftp/example
      sftp>
    </code>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>SFTP Client</title>

    <p>Fetch a file with the Erlang SFTP client:</p>

    <code type="erl" >
      1> ssh:start().
      ok
      2> {ok, ChannelPid, Connection} = ssh_sftp:start_channel("tarlop", []).
      {ok,&lt;0.57.0>,&lt;0.51.0>}
      3>  ssh_sftp:read_file(ChannelPid, "/home/otptest/test.txt").
      {ok,&lt;&lt;"This is a test file\n">>}
    </code>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Creating a Subsystem</title>

    <p>A small <c>ssh</c> subsystem that echoes N bytes can be implemented as shown
    in the following example:</p>

    <code type="erl" >
-module(ssh_echo_server).
-behaviour(ssh_subsystem).
-record(state, {
	  n,
	  id,
	  cm
	 }).
-export([init/1, handle_msg/2, handle_ssh_msg/2, terminate/2]).

init([N]) ->
    {ok, #state{n = N}}.

handle_msg({ssh_channel_up, ChannelId, ConnectionManager}, State) ->
    {ok, State#state{id = ChannelId,
		     cm = ConnectionManager}}.

handle_ssh_msg({ssh_cm, CM, {data, ChannelId, 0, Data}}, #state{n = N} = State) ->
    M = N - size(Data),
    case M > 0 of
	true ->
	   ssh_connection:send(CM, ChannelId, Data),
	   {ok, State#state{n = M}};
	false ->
	   &lt;&lt;SendData:N/binary, _/binary>> = Data,
           ssh_connection:send(CM, ChannelId, SendData),
           ssh_connection:send_eof(CM, ChannelId),
	   {stop, ChannelId, State}
    end;
handle_ssh_msg({ssh_cm, _ConnectionManager,
		{data, _ChannelId, 1, Data}}, State) ->
    error_logger:format(standard_error, " ~p~n", [binary_to_list(Data)]),
    {ok, State};

handle_ssh_msg({ssh_cm, _ConnectionManager, {eof, _ChannelId}}, State) ->
    {ok, State};

handle_ssh_msg({ssh_cm, _, {signal, _, _}}, State) ->
    %% Ignore signals according to RFC 4254 section 6.9.
    {ok, State};

handle_ssh_msg({ssh_cm, _, {exit_signal, ChannelId, _, _Error, _}},
	       State) ->
    {stop, ChannelId,  State};

handle_ssh_msg({ssh_cm, _, {exit_status, ChannelId, _Status}}, State) ->
    {stop, ChannelId, State}.

terminate(_Reason, _State) ->
    ok.
 </code>

 <p>The subsystem can be run on the host <em>tarlop</em> with the generated keys,
 as described in Section <seealso marker="#Running an Erlang ssh Daemon">
 Running an Erlang ssh Daemon</seealso>:</p>

 <code type="erl" >
   1> ssh:start().
   ok
   2>  ssh:daemon(8989, [{system_dir, "/tmp/ssh_daemon"},
   {user_dir, "/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh"}
   {subsystems, [{"echo_n", {ssh_echo_server, [10]}}]}]).
   {ok,&lt;0.54.0>}
   3>
 </code>

 <code type="erl" >
   1> ssh:start().
   ok
   2>{ok, ConnectionRef} = ssh:connect("tarlop", 8989, [{user_dir, "/tmp/otptest_user/.ssh"}]).
    {ok,&lt;0.57.0>}
   3>{ok, ChannelId} = ssh_connection:session_channel(ConnectionRef, infinity).
   4> success = ssh_connection:subsystem(ConnectionRef, ChannelId, "echo_n", infinity).
   5> ok = ssh_connection:send(ConnectionRef, ChannelId, "0123456789", infinity).
   6> flush().
   {ssh_msg, &lt;0.57.0>, {data, 0, 1, "0123456789"}}
   {ssh_msg, &lt;0.57.0>, {eof, 0}}
   {ssh_msg, &lt;0.57.0>, {closed, 0}}
   7> {error, closed} = ssh_connection:send(ConnectionRef, ChannelId, "10", infinity).
 </code>
<p>See also <seealso marker="ssh_channel"> ssh_channel(3)</seealso>.</p>

</section>

</chapter>