I have seen mixed posts but nothing definitive and recent. I am running Filezilla Server FTPS Explicit TLS. I need a Powershell script that when run will securely connect to my server across the internet and download a specific file. Does the below code looks good minus the TLS, and can someone help me finish it? I think all of the commands I would need would be from here https://winscp.net/eng/docs/library_sessionoptions#ftpsecure
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly
Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
# Setup session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Ftp
HostName = "ftp.example.com"
UserName = "user"
Password = "mypassword"
}
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
try
{
# Connect
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Download files
$session.GetFiles("/directory/to/download/*", "C:\target\directory\*").Check()
}
finally
{
# Disconnect, clean up
$session.Dispose()
}
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I am trying the below command but didn't get any output:
echo "put C:\Users\abhishek.chawla\Desktop\AbhishekC_bills.zip deployment/AbhishekC_bills.zip" | sftp TESTSHELTER#shelter-ftp.outlinesys.com
Do I need to add the password too? If yes, then where to add the password?
One of the workaround you can follow ,
To provide the password into the command for upload files to SFTP using PowerShell through Winscp below is the example of code.
cmdltes:-
Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
HostName = "example.com"
UserName = "user"
Password = "mypassword"
SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xx...="
}
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
try
{
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
$session.PutFiles("C:\users\export.txt","/Outbox/").Check()
}
finally
{
$session.Dispose()
}
For complete information please refer this BLOG|Use WinSCP to Upload Files to SFTP Site With PowerShell .
For more information regarding similar issue please refer the below links:-
SO THREAD| Power Shell File Upload to SFTP with File Existence Check & Upload file to SFTP using PowerShell .
I am trying to construct a Powershell script that leverages the WinSCP binaries to download files from an FTP server.
The script so far is as follows (minus actual IPs and folder paths):
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly
Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
# Setup session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Ftp
FtpMode = [WinSCP.FtpMode]::Passive
HostName = "ftp server ip address"
UserName = "ftp-username"
Password = "ftp-password"
}
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
try
{
# Connect
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Download files
$session.GetFiles("/home/ftp-username/uploads/*.txt", "C:\temp\").Check()
}
finally
{
# Disconnect, clean up
$session.Dispose()
}
I keep on getting the following error:
Exception calling "Open" with "1" argument(s): "Connection failed.
Timeout detected. (control connection)
Connection failed."
At C:\winscp-ftp.ps1:18 char:5
+ $session.Open($sessionOptions)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SessionRemoteException
I did some reading and suggestions say that FTPMode Passive will solve this, but even after including that, the error persists.
Any advice/guidance will be appreciated.
Windows 10 64-bit. Winscp v.5.1
I was getting the same error message. I used WinSCP to generate the script and it started working.
My guess, and it is a weak one at that, is your hostname and/or username and/or password is malformed. If you use WinSCP to generate the script it has a "copy to clipboard" function.
This works on my ftp server. I don't know why. My code is hardly different than yours. Could it be whitespace after hostname, username, password?
Use the full path to winscpnet.dll
I don't think it makes any difference whether you use $sessionOptions.AddRawSettings("ProxyPort", "0")
It worked whether I did passive or not, which is odd because I always have to use passive.
I connected to my ftp server and downloaded files to c:\temp
I installed Posh-SSH 2.2 but the error message continued. I un-installed Posh-SSH 2.2 before getting the script to work.
If you use WinSCP to generate the code it does not tell you to use the full path to winscpnet.dll
It works after logging off and on.
It works after a restart.
It works in a window w/ or w/o admin privileges.
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly. If you are not in the winscp directory use the full path.
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCPnet.dll"
# Set up session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Ftp
FtpMode = [WinSCP.FtpMode]::Passive
HostName = "ftp server ip address"
UserName = "ftp-username"
Password = "ftp-password"
}
$sessionOptions.AddRawSettings("ProxyPort", "0")
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
try
{
# Connect
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Download files
$session.GetFiles("/home/ftp-username/uploads/*.txt", "C:\temp\").Check())
}
finally
{
# Disconnect, clean up
$session.Dispose()
}
I am trying to execute a PowerShell script from within SSIS. My script starts with the Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll" and it is erroring out because it cannot find the WinSCP.exe in the folder that houses my PowerShell script. Come to find out the server admin did NOT install WinSCP into the GAC. Is this creating my problem?
If so, how and where can I reference the WinSCP.exe in my script using $session.ExecutablePath? Any help/direction would be appreciated. Thanks.
Here is my script below:
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly
Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
# Declare variables
$date = Get-Date
$dateStr = $date.ToString("yyyyMMdd")
#$fileDirectory = "\\abicfs2\apps\CoverageVerifier\"
#$filePath = "\\abicfs2\apps\CoverageVerifier\cvgver." + $dateStr + ".0101"
$filePath = "\\empqaapp1\coverageverifier_scripts\CoverageVerifier\cvgver.20190121.0101"
# Write-Output $filePath
# Set up session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
HostName = "secureftp.iso.com"
UserName = "account"
Password = "password"
SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 8C1lwAjxCNRF6B4kbPIeW52/GB+98FmLMt0AJNf/Sf4="
}
#$sessionOptions.AddRawSettings("FSProtocol", "2")
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
# $session.SessionLogPath = "\\share\apps\CoverageVerifier\UploadLog.log"
try
{
# Connect
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Transfer files
$session.PutFiles($filePath,"/").Check()
}
finally
{
$session.Dispose()
}
I am trying to execute a Powershell script from within SSIS
It seems you believe you need to have WinSCP .NET assembly in GAC, so that you can execute it from a PowerShell script executed from SSIS. I do not think it's true. You need an assembly in GAC, only if you directly use it from an SSIS code. What is not your case.
You can simply store the WinSCPnet.dll and WinSCP.exe to your PowerShell script directory.
Anyway to answer your question:
If so, how and where can I reference the WinSCP.exe in my script using $session.ExecutablePath?
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
$session.ExecutablePath = "C:\path\WinSCP.exe"
(but as per above, I do not think you need it)
Come to find out the server admin did NOT install WinSCP into the GAC.
You cannot install .exe file to GAC.
Excerpt from WinSCP assembly installation instruction (https://winscp.net/eng/docs/library_install):
The package includes the assembly itself (winscpnet.dll) and a
required dependency, WinSCP executable winscp.exe.
The binaries interact with each other and must be kept in the same
folder for the assembly to work. In rare situations this is not
possible (e.g. when installing the assembly to GAC), make use of the
Session.ExecutablePath property to force the assembly to look for the
winscp.exe in a different location.
I am working on UIpath automation for which I need some files to be transferred back and forth between Windows and Unix machines (only through PowerShell). Kindly provide your inputs as I'm a newbie.
I am using plink in my PowerShell script to connect to a Unix server. Though it works fine, is there any other better way to connect to a Unix server (HP UX) from Windows (through a PowerShell script).
Struggling to find a good module and sample scripts to do a secure copy between the Unix and Windows servers. I came across Posh SSH /WinSCP, sftp etc. but I'm not able to implement any as I do not find the right sample scripts. Also Install-Module does not work (not recognized).
Your help on this would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
If you want to use SFTP I am using the code below to upload some files automatically to an ftp site:
First of all you have to download the winscp SFTP powershell libraries.
https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
then extract the contents at the same location the script is located.
Then in your script you must add:
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly
# Give the path the dll file is located so powershell can call it.
Add-Type -Path "C:\Path where the dll file is located\WinSCPnet.dll"
# Setup session options
# Add all the properties the session needs to be established such as username password hostname and fingerprint.
# The username and password must be in plaintext.
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
HostName = "HostName"
UserName = "UserName"
Password = "Password"
SshHostKeyFingerprint = "SSH fingerprint"
Then after the session with those credentials is up you must put your next step of copying the files.
# Open a session to the Host
# Try to connect to the Host with the credentials and information provided previously.
# Upload the file from a specific path to the path on the host.
# And then close the session and clean up the session trace data.
# $session.Dispose() -> If session was opened, closes it, terminates underlying WinSCP process, deletes XML log file and disposes object.
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
Try
{
# Connect to the SFTP site
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Upload the files from local disk to the destination
$session.PutFiles("Path of the file you want to upload", "/import/").Check()
}
Finally
{
# Disconnect, clean up
$session.Dispose()
}
Probably there is an easier way with Power Shell 6 that can do more with the Unix/Linux operating systems but at this point of answering I haven't used it.
Once you get Posh-SSH installed, something like this will probably get you down the road. There are ways to keep the password in plain text out of your script.
$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText 'thepassword' -Force
$Credentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList 'me',$SecurePassword
$Session = New-SFTPSession -ComputerName 'zenith' -Credential $Credentials -ConnectionTimeout 30
$r = Set-SFTPFile -Session $Session. -LocalFile 'C:\Users\me\t.txt' -RemotePath '/home/me' -Overwrite
Remove-SFTPSession -SFTPSession $session | Out-Null
We were asked to set up an automated upload from one of our servers to an SFTP site. There will be a file that is exported from a database to a filer every Monday morning and they want the file to be uploaded to SFTP on Tuesday. The current authentication method we are using is username and password (I believe there was an option to have key file as well but username/password option was chosen).
The way I am envisioning this is to have a script sitting on a server that will be triggered by Windows Task scheduler to run at a specific time (Tuesday) that will grab the file in question upload it to the SFTP and then move it to a different location for backup purposes.
For example:
Local Directory: C:\FileDump
SFTP Directory: /Outbox/
Backup Directory: C:\Backup
I tried few things at this point WinSCP being one of them as well as SFTP PowerShell Snap-In but nothing has worked for me so far.
This will be running on Windows Server 2012R2.
When I run Get-Host my console host version is 4.0.
Thanks.
You didn't tell us what particular problem do you have with the WinSCP, so I can really only repeat what's in WinSCP documentation.
Download WinSCP .NET assembly.
The latest package as of now is WinSCP-5.21.7-Automation.zip;
Extract the .zip archive along your script;
Use a code like this (based on the official PowerShell upload example):
# Load WinSCP .NET assembly
Add-Type -Path "WinSCPnet.dll"
# Setup session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property #{
Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
HostName = "example.com"
UserName = "user"
Password = "mypassword"
SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xxxxxxxxxxx...="
}
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
try
{
# Connect
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
# Upload
$session.PutFiles("C:\FileDump\export.txt", "/Outbox/").Check()
}
finally
{
# Disconnect, clean up
$session.Dispose()
}
You can have WinSCP generate the PowerShell script for the upload for you:
Login to your server with WinSCP GUI;
Navigate to the target directory in the remote file panel;
Select the file for upload in the local file panel;
Invoke the Upload command;
On the Transfer options dialog, go to Transfer Settings > Generate Code;
On the Generate transfer code dialog, select the .NET assembly code tab;
Choose PowerShell language.
You will get a code like above with all session and transfer settings filled in.
(I'm the author of WinSCP)
There isn't currently a built-in PowerShell method for doing the SFTP part. You'll have to use something like psftp.exe or a PowerShell module like Posh-SSH.
Here is an example using Posh-SSH:
# Set the credentials
$Password = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Password1' -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ('root', $Password)
# Set local file path, SFTP path, and the backup location path which I assume is an SMB path
$FilePath = "C:\FileDump\test.txt"
$SftpPath = '/Outbox'
$SmbPath = '\\filer01\Backup'
# Set the IP of the SFTP server
$SftpIp = '10.209.26.105'
# Load the Posh-SSH module
Import-Module C:\Temp\Posh-SSH
# Establish the SFTP connection
$ThisSession = New-SFTPSession -ComputerName $SftpIp -Credential $Credential
# Upload the file to the SFTP path
Set-SFTPFile -SessionId ($ThisSession).SessionId -LocalFile $FilePath -RemotePath $SftpPath
#Disconnect all SFTP Sessions
Get-SFTPSession | % { Remove-SFTPSession -SessionId ($_.SessionId) }
# Copy the file to the SMB location
Copy-Item -Path $FilePath -Destination $SmbPath
Some additional notes:
You'll have to download the Posh-SSH module which you can install to your user module directory (e.g. C:\Users\jon_dechiro\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules) and just load using the name or put it anywhere and load it like I have in the code above.
If having the credentials in the script is not acceptable you'll have to use a credential file. If you need help with that I can update with some details or point you to some links.
Change the paths, IPs, etc. as needed.
That should give you a decent starting point.
I am able to sftp using PowerShell as below:
PS C:\Users\user\Desktop> sftp user#aa.bb.cc.dd
user#aa.bb.cc.dd's password:
Connected to user#aa.bb.cc.dd.
sftp> ls
testFolder
sftp> cd testFolder
sftp> ls
taj_mahal.jpeg
sftp> put taj_mahal_1.jpeg
Uploading taj_mahal_1.jpeg to /home/user/testFolder/taj_mahal_1.jpeg
taj_mahal_1.jpeg 100% 11KB 35.6KB/s 00:00
sftp> ls
taj_mahal.jpeg taj_mahal_1.jpeg
sftp>
I do not have installed Posh-SSH or anything like that. I am using Windows 10 Pro PowerShell. No additional modules installed.
Using PuTTY's pscp.exe (which I have in an $env:path directory):
pscp -sftp -pw passwd c:\filedump\* user#host:/Outbox/
mv c:\filedump\* c:\backup\*
$FilePath = "C:\Backup\xxx.zip"
$SftpPath = '/Cloud_Deployment/Backup'
$SftpIp = 'mercury.xxx.xx.uk' #Or IP
$Password = 'password'
$userroot = 'username'
$Password = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($userroot, $Password)
Install-Module -Name Posh-SSH #rus as Admin
$SFTPSession = New-SFTPSession -ComputerName $SftpIp -Credential $Credential
#Download file
#Get-SFTPItem -SessionId $SFTPSession.SessionId -Path $SftpPath/test.txt -Destination c:\temp
#Upload file
Set-SFTPItem -SessionId $SFTPSession.SessionId -Path $FilePath -Destination $SftpPath
#Disconnect all SFTP Sessions
Remove-SFTPSession -SFTPSession $SFTPSession
#or
Get-SFTPSession | % { Remove-SFTPSession -SessionId ($_.SessionId) }
Ref : powershell-sftp
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Well, while using powershell 7, we can simply upload files using sftp with following command
echo "put localpath/file.txt destinationpath/file.txt" | sftp username#server
make sure to add these double quotes.