VERIFIES SSH CONNECTION TO A SPECIFIED HOSTNAME

Verifies that an SSH connection can be established to a specified remote host for a given user. Use this worker to validate SSH connectivity and confirm that a user account exists and is reachable before submitting jobs or running remote workflows.

When to use

Tagged: connectivity, hpc, remote, ssh, validation.

Inputs

Label ID Type Default Required Description
Hostname hostname text Fully qualified domain name or IP address of the remote host to test the SSH connection against (e.g. ‘hpc-cluster.company.com’).
User Name username text SSH username to authenticate with on the remote host; must correspond to a valid account on the target system.

Outputs

Label ID Type Description
User Exists user_exists text Boolean-like text flag (‘true’/’false’ or ‘1’/‘0’) indicating whether the SSH connection succeeded and the specified user account was found on the remote host.

Disciplines

  • platform.hpc_config
  • platform.integration
  • platform.job_submission

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