SFTP¶

Synopsis¶

This module assist in transferring files from one system to another. It can upload or download the files to the system. Automation is possible. Put and get options are available in this module. It also manages virtual box. It is user friendly with Ubuntu and cent OS.

Help command¶

Help command used to find information about a specified command. For more information about changes to functionality of Secure File Transfer Protocol(SFTP) under ptvirtualize the user can use this help command.

ptvirtualize  sftp help

The following screen shot guides you.

kevell@corp:/# ptvirtualize sftp help

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Pharaoh Tools - ptvirtualize
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 This command handles SFTP Transfer Functions.

 SFTP, sftp

       - put
       Will ask you for details for servers, then copy a file or directory from local to remote
       example: ptconfigure sftp put
       example: ptconfigure sftp put --yes --environment-name=staging --source="/tmp/file" --target="/home/user/file"
       example: ptconfigure sftp put --yes --source="/tmp/file" --target="/home/user/file" # will ask for server details

       - get
       Will ask you for details for servers, then copy a file or directory from remote to local
       example: ptconfigure sftp get
       example: ptconfigure sftp get --yes --environment-name=staging --source="/tmp/file" --target="/home/user/file"
       example: ptconfigure sftp get --yes --source="/tmp/file" --target="/home/user/file" # will ask for server details

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End Help
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Alternative parameters¶

There are two alternative parameters are available. They are SFTP and sftp. Instead of using sftp, the user can use SFTP.

Put¶

The file transfer can be done from local to remote server. This put option asks the user datails for servers. The following command used for put option.

ptvirtualize  sftp put – yes –source=”/tmp/file” – target=”/home/user/file”

The following screen shot denotes the usage of this command.

kevell@corp:ptconfigure sftp put

SFTP on Server group? (Y/N)
Y
Please Enter SSH Timeout in seconds
90
Please Enter remote SSH Port
22
Use Environments Configured in Project? (Y/N)
N
[Pharaoh Logging] Attempting to load SFTP connections...
Enter local source file path
/root/vv
Enter remote target file path
/root/gg/vv
[Pharaoh Logging] Opening SFTP Connections...
[Pharaoh Logging] All SFTP Puts Completed
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SFTP on server group? Y/N

If the user input as Y then

SSh timeout section?

The user has to enter the value

Please enter remote ssh port

Default value is 22. The user can enter any value

Enter environments configured in project? (Y/N)

The user has to enter y then it starts loading.

Enter local source file path?

The user has to enter the file path

Then everything will be connected.

If the user input as N, it can be terminated.

Get¶

File transfer can be done from remote to local server. It asks the user to enter server group. The following command used for get option.

ptvirtualize  sftp get – yes –source=”/tmp/file” – target=”/home/user/file”

The following screen shot explains it.

kevell@corp:/# ptconfigure sftp get
SFTP on Server group? (Y/N)
Y
Please Enter SSH Timeout in seconds

Please Enter remote SSH Port

Use Environments Configured in Project? (Y/N)

[Pharaoh Logging] Attempting to load SFTP connections...
Enter remote source file path

Enter local target file path

[Pharaoh Logging] Opening SFTP Connections...
[Pharaoh Logging] All SFTP Gets Completed
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Shell Result: Success
SFTP Get

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Installer Finished
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SFTP on server group? Y/N

If the user input as Y then

SSh timeout section?

The user has to enter the value

Please enter remote ssh port

Default value is 22. The user can enter any value

Enter environments configured in project? (Y/N)

The user has to enter y then it starts loading.

Enter local target file path?

The user has to enter the local target file path

Then everything will be connected.

If the user input as N, it can be terminated. The following screenshots shows its function.

kevell@corp:/# ptconfigure sftp get
SFTP on Server group? (Y/N)
N
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Shell Result: Failure
SFTP Get

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Installer Finished
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Options¶

Parameters	Alternative Parameters	Comments
put	SFTP, sftp	Source to target -The file can transferred
get	SFTP, sftp	Path to source -The file can downloaded from remote system\|

Benefits¶

Multi server from remote area.
Specified file is not available error message will come.
Accessability is difficult without permission.
Automatically overwrite in case of already in case of file exist.
Non case sensitive.
Secrecy and security is possible.