Copy script to remote and execute OR create command object from local script

[ptg1792]

Hi there,

First of all thank you so much for creating this library. This is awesome, really easy to use. We are able to use it with minimal efforts. Now we are stumbling upon a use case where we need to execute a script on the remote server which is present at local.
I saw the Bash script on the fly part https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssh2shell#bash-scripts-on-the-fly- and tried to read the file and create the command array on the go but wasn't able to. :(
Is there any way, we can directly copy the file to remote server or command array can take input of local shells script?

Please let me know if any further information is required.

[cmp-202]

Hi,
Thanks for the kind feedback.
You could try something like loading the script content into a variable and then add a command "printf " + script + " > myScript.sh to create the script on the host.
Follow the on-the-fly example for running the script.

The other option is to copy the script to the host using another package and then run it with ssh2shell.

[cmp-202]

Remember host.debug (process information) and host.verbose (more content) to fault find.
I usually use one or the other.

You could try SCP to transfer from local to host while connected.
I have not tested this.

SCP while connected:
SCP help

//Just a script
host.commands= ["scp myscript.sh " + host.server.username + "@" + host.server.host + ":/some/remote/directory",
  "sudo chmod 700 /some/remote/directory/myscript.sh",
   "./some/remote/directory/myscript.sh"]

//a folder
host.commands= ["scp -r scripts " + host.server.username + "@" + host.server.host + ":/some/remote/directory/scripts",
   "sudo chmod -R 700 /some/remote/directory/scripts"]

Authentication could require handling.

[ptg1792]

I apologize for delayed response on this. I was able to do a workaround through this problem which worked for me.
I read the local script file & encoded into Base64 to avoid any special characters.
Then with it I formed a command at the runtime to execute at the target:

echo "<>" | base64 -d | bash

and if you have command line inputs:
echo "<>" | base64 -d | bash -s

This worked for me without physically copying the script on target as well as running into any special character issues with echo or printf statement. Hopefully it can help others who are looking to solve the same problem.