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Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > SSH to navigate to the SCP get command workflow.
3 Right-click the SCP get command workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Provide the required information.
a Type an SSH host name or IP address.
b Type the SSH authentication information.
c Type the path to the directory on the Orchestrator server into which to copy the file.
d Type the path to the file to get from the remote SSH host.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
Copy a File to an SSH Host
You can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client to copy files from the Orchestrator server to an SSH host.
The SSH plug-in uses the Java JCraft library, which implements SFTP. The SCP put command workflow
transfers files by using SFTP.
Prerequisites
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The SSH plug-in must be enabled and configured in the Orchestrator configuration interface.
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You must be logged in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run SSH workflows.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > SSH to navigate to the SCP put command workflow.
3 Right-click the SCP put command workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Provide the required information.
a Type an SSH host name or IP address.
b Type the SSH authentication information.
c Type the path to the file that you want to copy from the local Orchestrator server to the remote SSH
host.
d Type the path to the directory on the remote SSH host into which to copy the file.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
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