Connections - SSH Command Line Interpreter

This activity allows shell command execution and result retrieving, using SSH

The Command Line Interpreter activity allows the user to open a connection via SSH protocol to a server and execute shell commands through this connection. Then it will return the output of the command as a string to UiPath workspace, thus allowing the user to interpret/validate the result.

It is particularly useful when we need to interact with Linux servers from UiPath flows, transmitting the commands to Linux server and then returning the output to UiPath workspace to be interpreted.

The output of the command is interpreted using an expect-like behavior. Therefore the activity will expect a prompt to be matched after each command, returning the output based on this expected prompt.

Input:

• as string, mandatory
• as string, mandatory
• as string, mandatory
• as integer, mandatory
• as string, mandatory
• as string, mandatory

Output:

• as string - command result

Use case 1: Interaction of the robot with Linux systems, via SSH connections. Send commands to Linux systems, then wait for the prompt and inspect the command output.

This will cover the scope for automation under Linux OS systems.

Use case 2: Interaction of the robot with telco equipments (i.e switches, routers) via Command Line Interface if SSH protocol is supported.

The scope of this activity is to allow interaction with non-Windows systems, thus expanding the area for automation. It also gives the user the possibility to execute a script to a target application rather then interact via GUI (increasing the speed of automation). Interactions with non-Windows systems that supports a SSH shell (i.e Linux servers). Another use case would be interaction with telecom equipment that supports configurations via SSH.