SSH connection with Java

Question

How can I connect to an SSH server in Java? I don\'t need/want a shell. I just want to connect to the SSH server and get the content of, say, file.txt. How can

Answer 1

Take a look at Jaramiko.

Answer 2

You must use a third-party library - JSch is one of them. Google with "Java ssh" and you will get plenty of other options.

Answer 3

Java doesn't support that natively, but you can use a library like JSch to do it

Answer 4

You could check JSSH, which is a Java SSH library.

Answer 5

I used this and worked for me

Channel channel=session.openChannel("exec");
String command = "Your Command here";
((ChannelExec)channel).setCommand(command);

InputStream in=channel.getInputStream();
((ChannelExec)channel).setErrStream(System.err);
channel.connect();

Answer 6

http://www.ganymed.ethz.ch/ssh2/ implements a ssh2 client in Java. I use it for port forwarding.