host.unix

This connection is for unix based host systems. Remote connections require ssh to be active.

Use cases

• Connect to remote hosts

Parameters

1: host

host: "host name"

• define the host name to connect to
• this can be the logical name or the ip address

2: port

port: "port number"

• define the port number to use for the ssh connection

3: user

user: "user name"

• define the user name to use for the establishing the connection

4: password

password: "user password"

• define the user password to use for establishing the connection

5: tempPath

tempPath: "temporary work directory"

• define a temporary directoy path that can be used by the framework
• the user define above needs to have read, write and execute rights on this directory

6: simulateTerminal

simulateTerminal: "Y" / "N"

• flag indicating if a terminal (tty) needs to be simulated when connecting

7: simulateTerminal

jumphostConnections: "list of connections"

• connection names that need to be used as jump host for connecting
• these connection also need to be host.linux connections
• several connection names need to be separated by a comma: connection1,connection2

8: allowLocalhostExecution

allowLocalhostExecution: "Y" + "N"

• flag indicating if processes are allowed to run as localhost on the automation engine
• if this flag is set to Y, processes on the localhost are executed by the framework with the framework user
• if this flag is set to N, a ssh connection with the user name and password is established before executing processes

Examples

---
type: Connection
data:
  name: "host.unix.1"
  type: "host.unix"
  description: "host.unix.1 connection"
  environment: "iesi-test"
  parameters:
  - name: "host"
    value: "localhost"
  - name: "port"
    value: "2222"
  - name: "user"
    value: "root"
  - name: "password"
    value: "ENC(Waan0DOjDHNBnTXtldp5xnGwIP0=)"
  - name: "tempPath"
    value: "/tmp"
  - name: "simulateTerminal"
    value: "N"