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Run Remote Command

What does Run Remote Command do?

The Run Remote Command directive will run a terminal command within a SSH session on a remote server for you.

Note that you must have access to the target server on which you want to run the command. You must be able to login with either a SSH key or password.

If the server has blocked your access, this directive will fail to run.

How do I use the Run Remote Command directive?

In order to use this directive, you must specify:

  • Target server IP address
  • Target server port
  • Username to SSH login to server
  • Password or SSH key to login to server
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Display Text directive settings

Finally, you must specify the command you wish to execute on the remote server once logged in.

Display Text directive settings
Display Text directive settings

Behaviour of the Run Remote Command directive

  • You must already have access to the server. If Proggy cannot connect to the server, your Prog command will exit.
  • If any of the commands being executed fail to run, your Prog will fail and exit.
  • All of the output will be captured and saved as step[prefix].raw for that particular step directive.

Example use cases for the Run Remote Command directive

  • Devops tasks, such as server provisioning, updating configuration files, downloading files, etc.