SSH Connection from Windows to Linux

Hello, I am inexperienced on how to establish a SSH connection on MATLAB from my PC (Windows) to another server (Linux).

I tried searching online and came across this package:

SSH/SFTP/SCP For Matlab (v2) by David Freedman

I tried myself to establish it but still with no success.

Error:
Error using ssh2_main
Error: SSH2 could not connect to the ssh2 host - "hostname"!

Error in ssh2 (line 84)
ssh2_struct = ssh2_main(ssh2_struct);

Error in ssh2_command (line 31)
ssh2_struct = ssh2(ssh2_struct);

Error in ssh2_simple_command (line 40)
[ssh2_struct, command_result] = ssh2_command(ssh2_struct, command, enableprint);

Error in ssh (line 5)
command_output = ssh2_simple_command(HOSTNAME,USERNAME,PASSWORD,'ls -la *ninjas*');

Is there anyone that is familiar on how to establish a connection on MATLAB? Thank you very much!

Answer 1

[Dheeraj]

Hi Jeffery,

I understand you want to establish a SSH connection via MATLAB from windows to another server (Linux) and you’re encountering an error using a package. You should have an SSH client installed in your windows machine before trying to use the functions in the package.

If you don’t wish to use a package, you could install a SSH client in your windows machine and establish the connection through MATLAB command as below.

system('ssh username@hostname "your-command"');

Replace “username”, “hostname”, and "your-command" with your specific information and the command you want to run on the remote server.

Remember to establish a connection first through SSH-key or password before attempting the command in MATLAB.

Hope this helps!