Posh-SSH is a handy way to connect from Powershell to SSH services.
I use to use plink for this type of stuff but actually prefer to use a module over calling external exe files.
I generally use this for running commands against ESXi servers where the PowerCLI commands either dont get what I want or arnt available.
To Get started you need to have the Windows Management Framework up at Ver5.
Available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395
Download the appropriate version for you operating System.
Once installed start PowerShell as Admin.
To install Posh-SSH
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Find-Module Posh-SSH | Install Module |
To use the posh module I wrote a Function to specifically to connect to ssh on a host and return the results
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#Make sure Psh-SSH is loaded. if ((Get-Module -Name Posh-SSH -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null ) { Import-Module "Posh-SSH" -Force:$true -WarningAction SilentlyContinue} Function Get-SSHResult() { Param ( [PSCredential]$connectionCredentials, [string]$ESXiHost, [string]$sshCommand ) #Start SSH Services start-VMHostService -HostService (Get-VMHost "$ESXihost"| Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} ) -Confirm:$false $Session = New-SSHSession -ComputerName "$($ESXiHost)" -Credential $($connectionCredentials) -AcceptKey -ConnectionTimeout 90 -KeepAliveInterval 5 $returned = Invoke-SSHCommand -Command "$($sshCommand)" -SessionId $Session.SessionId if ($Session.SessionId) { $closed = Remove-SSHSession -SessionId $Session.SessionId } #Stop ssh Services Stop-VMHostService -HostService (Get-VMHost "$ESXihost" | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} ) -Confirm:$false return ($returned) } #Connect to the vcenter first so we can enable ssh and disable ssh Connect-VISserver "vcenter01" #Get a set of credentials to connect with using posh-ssh $credentials = Get-credential -Message "Enter Credentials to connect to host" -UserName "root" $retunedSSH = Get-SSHResult -connectionCredentials $credentials -EsxiHost "esx1.local.com" -sshCommand "ls -al" Write-Host "$($retunedSSH.output)" |
So from this you can see how this can be expanded to do other esx commands like esxcfg-advcfg or perccli commands.