Appion

h1. Install SSH module for PHP

This installation occurs on the web server.

h2. The ssh2 extension for php

First, install the following prerequisites:

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

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

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

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

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

h2. CentOS 6: Install the ssh2 extension

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sudo yum install php-pecl-ssh2

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h2. Test that the module is working:

# 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

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

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

h2. Still having problems?

# 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)