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Neil Voss, 08/14/2012 01:37 PM

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h1. Install SSH module for PHP
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This installation occurs on the web server.





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h2. The ssh2 extension for php





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First, install the following prerequisites:





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|_.Name:|_.Download site:|_.CentOS yum package name|_.Fedora yum package name|_.SuSE rpm name|





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|php devel |http://www.php.net |php-devel |php-devel| |





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|libssh2 devel |http://www.libssh2.org |libssh2-devel (found in epel repo)|libssh2-devel| |





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|SSH PECL extension |http://www.php.net/manual/en/ssh2.installation.php |- |php-pecl-ssh2 | |





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bq. For newer systems the extension is available through the repository, e.g., on Fedora 12 type "@sudo yum install php-pecl-ssh2@"





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h2. CentOS 6: Install the ssh2 extension





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sudo yum install php-pecl-ssh2





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h2. CentOS 5: Download and compile the ssh2 extension





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bq. This setup is almost identical to the [[Install the MRC PHP Extension]]. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/ssh2.installation.php for more information.





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# Go the website http://pecl.php.net/package/ssh2





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# Download the latest version of ssh2:<pre>





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wget http://pecl.php.net/get/ssh2-0.11.3.tgz</pre>





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# Extract the tar ball<pre>





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tar zxvf ssh2-0.11.3.tgz</pre>





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# Go into the directory<pre>





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cd ssh2-0.11.3</pre>





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# Run phpize and standard make process<pre>





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phpize





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make</pre>





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# Install the module:<pre>





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sudo make install</pre>





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# Add a ssh2.ini to your php ini folder:<pre>





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sudo touch /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini





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sudo chmod 666 /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini





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echo "; Enable ssh2 extension module" > /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini





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echo "extension=ssh2.so" >> /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini





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sudo chmod 444 /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini





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cat /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini





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# Restart httpd:<pre>





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sudo /sbin/service httpd restart</pre>





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h2. Test if the module is working:





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# go to the info.php that was created earlier in the [[Install the MRC PHP Extension]], http://localhost/info.php or http://HOST.INSTITUTE.EDU/info.php





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# search for the ssh2 module, you should see this section:





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!http://emg.nysbc.org/attachments/220/ssh2box.png!





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h2. Still having problems?





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# on one machine restarting httpd was not enough, I had to restart the entire system to get it working (even though it shows up under info.php)