How to create a bash script to check the SSH conne

Question

I am in the process of creating a bash script that would log into the remote machines and create private and public keys.

My problem is that the remote machines are not very reliable, and they are not always up. I need a bash script that would check if the SSH connection is up. Before actually creating the keys for future use.

Answer 1

You can use something like this

$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 user@host echo ok 2>&1)

This will output "ok" if ssh connection is ok

Answer 2

ssh -q -o "BatchMode=yes" -i /home/sicmapp/.ssh/id_rsa <ID>@<Servername>.<domain> "echo 2>&1" && echo $host SSH_OK || echo $host SSH_NOK

Answer 3

If you would like to check a remote folder exists, or any other file-test really:

if [ -n "$(ssh "${user}@${server}" [ -d "$folder" ] && echo 1; exit)" ]; then
    # exists
else
    # doesn't exist
fi

Do not forget the quotes in "$(ssh ...)".

Answer 4

Example Using BASH 4+ script:

# -- ip/host and res which is result of nmap (note must have nmap installed)
ip="192.168.0.1"
res=$(nmap ${ip} -PN -p ssh | grep open)

# -- if result contains open, we can reach ssh else assume failure) --
if [[ "${res}" =~ "open" ]] ;then
    echo "It's Open! Let's SSH to it.."
else
    echo "The host ${ip} is not accessible!"
fi

Answer 5

https://onpyth.blogspot.com/2019/08/check-ping-connectivity-to-multiple-host.html

Above link is to create Python script for checking connectivity. You can use similar method and use:

ping -w 1 -c 1 "IP Address" 

Command to create bash script.

Answer 6

To connect to a server with multiple interfaces

ssh -o ConnectTimeout=1 -q Necktwi@192.168.1.61;[ $? = 1 ] || ssh -o ConnectTimeout=1 -q Necktwi@192.168.1.51