# Description

SSH2 client and server modules written in pure JavaScript for [node.js](http://nodejs.org/).

Development/testing is done against OpenSSH (8.7 currently).

Changes (breaking or otherwise) in v1.0.0 can be found [here](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/issues/935).

# Table of Contents

* [Requirements](#requirements)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Client Examples](#client-examples)
  * [Execute 'uptime' on a server](#execute-uptime-on-a-server)
  * [Start an interactive shell session](#start-an-interactive-shell-session)
  * [Send a raw HTTP request to port 80 on the server](#send-a-raw-http-request-to-port-80-on-the-server)
  * [Forward local connections to port 8000 on the server to us](#forward-local-connections-to-port-8000-on-the-server-to-us)
  * [Get a directory listing via SFTP](#get-a-directory-listing-via-sftp)
  * [Connection hopping](#connection-hopping)
  * [Forward remote X11 connections](#forward-remote-x11-connections)
  * [Dynamic (1:1) port forwarding using a SOCKSv5 proxy (using `socksv5`)](#dynamic-11-port-forwarding-using-a-socksv5-proxy-using-socksv5)
  * [Make HTTP(S) connections easily using a custom http(s).Agent](#make-https-connections-easily-using-a-custom-httpsagent)
  * [Invoke an arbitrary subsystem (e.g. netconf)](#invoke-an-arbitrary-subsystem)
* [Server Examples](#server-examples)
  * [Password and public key authentication and non-interactive (exec) command execution](#password-and-public-key-authentication-and-non-interactive-exec-command-execution)
  * [SFTP-only server](#sftp-only-server)
* [Other Examples](#other-examples)
  * [Generate an SSH key](#generate-an-ssh-key)
* [API](#api)
  * [Client](#client)
      * [Client events](#client-events)
      * [Client methods](#client-methods)
  * [Server](#server)
      * [Server events](#server-events)
      * [Server methods](#server-methods)
      * [Connection events](#connection-events)
      * [Connection methods](#connection-methods)
      * [Session events](#session-events)
  * [Channel](#channel)
  * [Pseudo-TTY settings](#pseudo-tty-settings)
  * [Terminal modes](#terminal-modes)
  * [HTTPAgent](#httpagent)
      * [HTTPAgent methods](#httpagent-methods)
  * [HTTPSAgent](#httpsagent)
      * [HTTPSAgent methods](#httpsagent-methods)
  * [Utilities](#utilities)

## Requirements

* [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) -- v10.16.0 or newer
  * node v12.0.0 or newer for Ed25519 key support
* (Optional) [`cpu-features`](https://github.com/mscdex/cpu-features) is set as an optional package dependency (you do not need to install it explicitly/separately from `ssh2`) that will be automatically built and used if possible. See the project's documentation for its own requirements.
  * This addon is currently used to help generate an optimal default cipher list

## Installation

    npm install ssh2

## Client Examples

### Execute 'uptime' on a server

```js
const { readFileSync } = require('fs');

const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn = new Client();
conn.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Client :: ready');
  conn.exec('uptime', (err, stream) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    stream.on('close', (code, signal) => {
      console.log('Stream :: close :: code: ' + code + ', signal: ' + signal);
      conn.end();
    }).on('data', (data) => {
      console.log('STDOUT: ' + data);
    }).stderr.on('data', (data) => {
      console.log('STDERR: ' + data);
    });
  });
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.100.100',
  port: 22,
  username: 'frylock',
  privateKey: readFileSync('/path/to/my/key')
});

// example output:
// Client :: ready
// STDOUT:  17:41:15 up 22 days, 18:09,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
//
// Stream :: exit :: code: 0, signal: undefined
// Stream :: close
```

### Start an interactive shell session

```js
const { readFileSync } = require('fs');

const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn = new Client();
conn.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Client :: ready');
  conn.shell((err, stream) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    stream.on('close', () => {
      console.log('Stream :: close');
      conn.end();
    }).on('data', (data) => {
      console.log('OUTPUT: ' + data);
    });
    stream.end('ls -l\nexit\n');
  });
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.100.100',
  port: 22,
  username: 'frylock',
  privateKey: readFileSync('/path/to/my/key')
});

// example output:
// Client :: ready
// STDOUT: Last login: Sun Jun 15 09:37:21 2014 from 192.168.100.100
//
// STDOUT: ls -l
// exit
//
// STDOUT: frylock@athf:~$ ls -l
//
// STDOUT: total 8
//
// STDOUT: drwxr-xr-x 2 frylock frylock 4096 Nov 18  2012 mydir
//
// STDOUT: -rw-r--r-- 1 frylock frylock   25 Apr 11  2013 test.txt
//
// STDOUT: frylock@athf:~$ exit
//
// STDOUT: logout
//
// Stream :: close
```

### Send a raw HTTP request to port 80 on the server

```js
const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn = new Client();
conn.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Client :: ready');
  conn.forwardOut('192.168.100.102', 8000, '127.0.0.1', 80, (err, stream) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    stream.on('close', () => {
      console.log('TCP :: CLOSED');
      conn.end();
    }).on('data', (data) => {
      console.log('TCP :: DATA: ' + data);
    }).end([
      'HEAD / HTTP/1.1',
      'User-Agent: curl/7.27.0',
      'Host: 127.0.0.1',
      'Accept: */*',
      'Connection: close',
      '',
      ''
    ].join('\r\n'));
  });
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.100.100',
  port: 22,
  username: 'frylock',
  password: 'nodejsrules'
});

// example output:
// Client :: ready
// TCP :: DATA: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
// Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:52:58 GMT
// Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
// X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.6-1ubuntu1
// Last-Modified: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
// Content-Encoding: gzip
// Vary: Accept-Encoding
// Connection: close
// Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
//
//
// TCP :: CLOSED
```

### Forward local connections to port 8000 on the server to us

```js
const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn = new Client();
conn.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Client :: ready');
  conn.forwardIn('127.0.0.1', 8000, (err) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log('Listening for connections on server on port 8000!');
  });
}).on('tcp connection', (info, accept, reject) => {
  console.log('TCP :: INCOMING CONNECTION:');
  console.dir(info);
  accept().on('close', () => {
    console.log('TCP :: CLOSED');
  }).on('data', (data) => {
    console.log('TCP :: DATA: ' + data);
  }).end([
    'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found',
    'Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:07:58 GMT',
    'Server: ForwardedConnection',
    'Content-Length: 0',
    'Connection: close',
    '',
    ''
  ].join('\r\n'));
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.100.100',
  port: 22,
  username: 'frylock',
  password: 'nodejsrules'
});

// example output:
// Client :: ready
// Listening for connections on server on port 8000!
//  (.... then from another terminal on the server: `curl -I http://127.0.0.1:8000`)
// TCP :: INCOMING CONNECTION: { destIP: '127.0.0.1',
//  destPort: 8000,
//  srcIP: '127.0.0.1',
//  srcPort: 41969 }
// TCP DATA: HEAD / HTTP/1.1
// User-Agent: curl/7.27.0
// Host: 127.0.0.1:8000
// Accept: */*
//
//
// TCP :: CLOSED
```

### Get a directory listing via SFTP

```js
const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn = new Client();
conn.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Client :: ready');
  conn.sftp((err, sftp) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    sftp.readdir('foo', (err, list) => {
      if (err) throw err;
      console.dir(list);
      conn.end();
    });
  });
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.100.100',
  port: 22,
  username: 'frylock',
  password: 'nodejsrules'
});

// example output:
// Client :: ready
// [ { filename: 'test.txt',
//     longname: '-rw-r--r--    1 frylock   frylock         12 Nov 18 11:05 test.txt',
//     attrs:
//      { size: 12,
//        uid: 1000,
//        gid: 1000,
//        mode: 33188,
//        atime: 1353254750,
//        mtime: 1353254744 } },
//   { filename: 'mydir',
//     longname: 'drwxr-xr-x    2 frylock   frylock       4096 Nov 18 15:03 mydir',
//     attrs:
//      { size: 1048576,
//        uid: 1000,
//        gid: 1000,
//        mode: 16877,
//        atime: 1353269007,
//        mtime: 1353269007 } } ]
```

### Connection hopping

```js
const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn1 = new Client();
const conn2 = new Client();

// Checks uptime on 10.1.1.40 via 192.168.1.1

conn1.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('FIRST :: connection ready');
  // Alternatively, you could use something like netcat or socat with exec()
  // instead of forwardOut(), depending on what the server allows
  conn1.forwardOut('127.0.0.1', 12345, '10.1.1.40', 22, (err, stream) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log('FIRST :: forwardOut error: ' + err);
      return conn1.end();
    }
    conn2.connect({
      sock: stream,
      username: 'user2',
      password: 'password2',
    });
  });
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.1.1',
  username: 'user1',
  password: 'password1',
});

conn2.on('ready', () => {
  // This connection is the one to 10.1.1.40

  console.log('SECOND :: connection ready');
  conn2.exec('uptime', (err, stream) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log('SECOND :: exec error: ' + err);
      return conn1.end();
    }
    stream.on('close', () => {
      conn1.end(); // close parent (and this) connection
    }).on('data', (data) => {
      console.log(data.toString());
    });
  });
});
```

### Forward remote X11 connections

```js
const { Socket } = require('net');

const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const conn = new Client();

conn.on('x11', (info, accept, reject) => {
  const xserversock = new net.Socket();
  xserversock.on('connect', () => {
    const xclientsock = accept();
    xclientsock.pipe(xserversock).pipe(xclientsock);
  });
  // connects to localhost:0.0
  xserversock.connect(6000, 'localhost');
});

conn.on('ready', () => {
  conn.exec('xeyes', { x11: true }, (err, stream) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    let code = 0;
    stream.on('close', () => {
      if (code !== 0)
        console.log('Do you have X11 forwarding enabled on your SSH server?');
      conn.end();
    }).on('exit', (exitcode) => {
      code = exitcode;
    });
  });
}).connect({
  host: '192.168.1.1',
  username: 'foo',
  password: 'bar'
});
```

### Dynamic (1:1) port forwarding using a SOCKSv5 proxy (using [socksv5](https://github.com/mscdex/socksv5))

```js
const socks = require('socksv5');
const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const sshConfig = {
  host: '192.168.100.1',
  port: 22,
  username: 'nodejs',
  password: 'rules'
};

socks.createServer((info, accept, deny) => {
  // NOTE: you could just use one ssh2 client connection for all forwards, but
  // you could run into server-imposed limits if you have too many forwards open
  // at any given time
  const conn = new Client();
  conn.on('ready', () => {
    conn.forwardOut(info.srcAddr,
                    info.srcPort,
                    info.dstAddr,
                    info.dstPort,
                    (err, stream) => {
      if (err) {
        conn.end();
        return deny();
      }

      const clientSocket = accept(true);
      if (clientSocket) {
        stream.pipe(clientSocket).pipe(stream).on('close', () => {
          conn.end();
        });
      } else {
        conn.end();
      }
    });
  }).on('error', (err) => {
    deny();
  }).connect(sshConfig);
}).listen(1080, 'localhost', () => {
  console.log('SOCKSv5 proxy server started on port 1080');
}).useAuth(socks.auth.None());

// test with cURL:
//   curl -i --socks5 localhost:1080 google.com
```

### Make HTTP(S) connections easily using a custom http(s).Agent

```js
const http = require('http');

const { Client, HTTPAgent, HTTPSAgent } = require('ssh2');

const sshConfig = {
  host: '192.168.100.1',
  port: 22,
  username: 'nodejs',
  password: 'rules'
};

// Use `HTTPSAgent` instead for an HTTPS request
const agent = new HTTPAgent(sshConfig);
http.get({
  host: '192.168.200.1',
  agent,
  headers: { Connection: 'close' }
}, (res) => {
  console.log(res.statusCode);
  console.dir(res.headers);
  res.resume();
});
```


### Invoke an arbitrary subsystem

```js
const { Client } = require('ssh2');

const xmlhello = `
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <hello xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <capabilities>
      <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.0</capability>
    </capabilities>
  </hello>]]>]]>`;

const conn = new Client();

conn.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('Client :: ready');
  conn.subsys('netconf', (err, stream) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    stream.on('data', (data) => {
      console.log(data);
    }).write(xmlhello);
  });
}).connect({
  host: '1.2.3.4',
  port: 22,
  username: 'blargh',
  password: 'honk'
});
```

## Server Examples

### Password and public key authentication and non-interactive (exec) command execution

```js
const { timingSafeEqual } = require('crypto');
const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
const { inspect } = require('util');

const { utils: { parseKey }, Server } = require('ssh2');

const allowedUser = Buffer.from('foo');
const allowedPassword = Buffer.from('bar');
const allowedPubKey = parseKey(readFileSync('foo.pub'));

function checkValue(input, allowed) {
  const autoReject = (input.length !== allowed.length);
  if (autoReject) {
    // Prevent leaking length information by always making a comparison with the
    // same input when lengths don't match what we expect ...
    allowed = input;
  }
  const isMatch = timingSafeEqual(input, allowed);
  return (!autoReject && isMatch);
}

new Server({
  hostKeys: [readFileSync('host.key')]
}, (client) => {
  console.log('Client connected!');

  client.on('authentication', (ctx) => {
    let allowed = true;
    if (!checkValue(Buffer.from(ctx.username), allowedUser))
      allowed = false;

    switch (ctx.method) {
      case 'password':
        if (!checkValue(Buffer.from(ctx.password), allowedPassword))
          return ctx.reject();
        break;
      case 'publickey':
        if (ctx.key.algo !== allowedPubKey.type
            || !checkValue(ctx.key.data, allowedPubKey.getPublicSSH())
            || (ctx.signature && allowedPubKey.verify(ctx.blob, ctx.signature, ctx.hashAlgo) !== true)) {
          return ctx.reject();
        }
        break;
      default:
        return ctx.reject();
    }

    if (allowed)
      ctx.accept();
    else
      ctx.reject();
  }).on('ready', () => {
    console.log('Client authenticated!');

    client.on('session', (accept, reject) => {
      const session = accept();
      session.once('exec', (accept, reject, info) => {
        console.log('Client wants to execute: ' + inspect(info.command));
        const stream = accept();
        stream.stderr.write('Oh no, the dreaded errors!\n');
        stream.write('Just kidding about the errors!\n');
        stream.exit(0);
        stream.end();
      });
    });
  }).on('close', () => {
    console.log('Client disconnected');
  });
}).listen(0, '127.0.0.1', function() {
  console.log('Listening on port ' + this.address().port);
});
```

### SFTP-only server

```js
const { timingSafeEqual } = require('crypto');
const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
const { inspect } = require('util');

const {
  Server,
  sftp: {
    OPEN_MODE,
    STATUS_CODE,
  },
} = require('ssh2');

const allowedUser = Buffer.from('foo');
const allowedPassword = Buffer.from('bar');

function checkValue(input, allowed) {
  const autoReject = (input.length !== allowed.length);
  if (autoReject) {
    // Prevent leaking length information by always making a comparison with the
    // same input when lengths don't match what we expect ...
    allowed = input;
  }
  const isMatch = timingSafeEqual(input, allowed);
  return (!autoReject && isMatch);
}

// This simple SFTP server implements file uploading where the contents get
// ignored ...

new ssh2.Server({
  hostKeys: [readFileSync('host.key')]
}, (client) => {
  console.log('Client connected!');

  client.on('authentication', (ctx) => {
    let allowed = true;
    if (!checkValue(Buffer.from(ctx.username), allowedUser))
      allowed = false;

    switch (ctx.method) {
      case 'password':
        if (!checkValue(Buffer.from(ctx.password), allowedPassword))
          return ctx.reject();
        break;
      default:
        return ctx.reject();
    }

    if (allowed)
      ctx.accept();
    else
      ctx.reject();
  }).on('ready', () => {
    console.log('Client authenticated!');

    client.on('session', (accept, reject) => {
      const session = accept();
      session.on('sftp', (accept, reject) => {
        console.log('Client SFTP session');
        const openFiles = new Map();
        let handleCount = 0;
        const sftp = accept();
        sftp.on('OPEN', (reqid, filename, flags, attrs) => {
          // Only allow opening /tmp/foo.txt for writing
          if (filename !== '/tmp/foo.txt' || !(flags & OPEN_MODE.WRITE))
            return sftp.status(reqid, STATUS_CODE.FAILURE);

          // Create a fake handle to return to the client, this could easily
          // be a real file descriptor number for example if actually opening
          // a file on disk
          const handle = Buffer.alloc(4);
          openFiles.set(handleCount, true);
          handle.writeUInt32BE(handleCount++, 0);

          console.log('Opening file for write')
          sftp.handle(reqid, handle);
        }).on('WRITE', (reqid, handle, offset, data) => {
          if (handle.length !== 4
              || !openFiles.has(handle.readUInt32BE(0))) {
            return sftp.status(reqid, STATUS_CODE.FAILURE);
          }

          // Fake the write operation
          sftp.status(reqid, STATUS_CODE.OK);

          console.log('Write to file at offset ${offset}: ${inspect(data)}');
        }).on('CLOSE', (reqid, handle) => {
          let fnum;
          if (handle.length !== 4
              || !openFiles.has(fnum = handle.readUInt32BE(0))) {
            return sftp.status(reqid, STATUS_CODE.FAILURE);
          }

          console.log('Closing file');
          openFiles.delete(fnum);

          sftp.status(reqid, STATUS_CODE.OK);
        });
      });
    });
  }).on('close', () => {
    console.log('Client disconnected');
  });
}).listen(0, '127.0.0.1', function() {
  console.log('Listening on port ' + this.address().port);
});
```

## Other Examples

### Generate an SSH key

```js
const { utils: { generateKeyPair, generateKeyPairSync } } = require('ssh2');

// Generate unencrypted ED25519 SSH key synchronously
let keys = generateKeyPairSync('ed25519');
// ... use `keys.public` and `keys.private`

// Generate unencrypted ECDSA SSH key synchronously with a comment set
keys = generateKeyPairSync('ecdsa', { bits: 256, comment: 'node.js rules!' });
// ... use `keys.public` and `keys.private`

// Generate encrypted RSA SSH key asynchronously
generateKeyPair(
  'rsa',
  { bits: 2048, passphrase: 'foobarbaz', cipher: 'aes256-cbc' },
  (err, keys) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    // ... use `keys.public` and `keys.private`
  }
);
```

You can find more examples in the `examples` directory of this repository.

## API

`require('ssh2').Client` is the **_Client_** constructor.

`require('ssh2').Server` is the **_Server_** constructor.

`require('ssh2').utils` is an object containing some useful [utilities](#utilities).

`require('ssh2').HTTPAgent` is an [`http.Agent`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/http.html#http_class_http_agent) constructor.

`require('ssh2').HTTPSAgent` is an [`https.Agent`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/https.html#https_class_https_agent) constructor. Its API is the same as `HTTPAgent` except it's for HTTPS connections.

### Agent-related

`require('ssh2').AgentProtocol` is a Duplex stream [class](#agentprotocol) that aids in communicating over the OpenSSH agent protocol.

`require('ssh2').BaseAgent` is a base [class](#baseagent) for creating custom authentication agents.

`require('ssh2').createAgent` is a helper [function](#createagent) that creates a new agent instance using the same logic as the `agent` configuration option: if the platform is Windows and it's the value "pageant", it creates a `PageantAgent`, otherwise if it's not a path to a Windows pipe it creates a `CygwinAgent`. In all other cases, it creates an `OpenSSHAgent`.

`require('ssh2').CygwinAgent` is an agent [class](#cygwinagent) implementation that communicates with agents in a Cygwin environment.

`require('ssh2').OpenSSHAgent` is an agent [class](#opensshagent) implementation that communicates with OpenSSH agents over a UNIX socket.

`require('ssh2').PageantAgent` is an agent [class](#pageantagent) implementation that communicates with Pageant agent processes.

### Client

#### Client events

* **banner**(< _string_ >message, < _string_ >language) - A notice was sent by the server upon connection.

* **change password**(< _string_ >prompt, < _function_ >done) - If using password-based user authentication, the server has requested that the user's password be changed. Call `done` with the new password.

* **close**() - The socket was closed.

* **end**() - The socket was disconnected.

* **error**(< _Error_ >err) - An error occurred. A 'level' property indicates 'client-socket' for socket-level errors and 'client-ssh' for SSH disconnection messages. In the case of 'client-ssh' messages, there may be a 'description' property that provides more detail.

* **handshake**(< _object_ >negotiated) - Emitted when a handshake has completed (either initial or rekey). `negotiated` contains the negotiated details of the handshake and is of the form:

```js
    // In this particular case `mac` is empty because there is no separate MAC
    // because it's integrated into AES in GCM mode
    { kex: 'ecdh-sha2-nistp256',
      srvHostKey: 'rsa-sha2-512',
      cs: { // Client to server algorithms
        cipher: 'aes128-gcm',
        mac: '',
        compress: 'none',
        lang: ''
      },
      sc: { // Server to client algorithms
        cipher: 'aes128-gcm',
        mac: '',
        compress: 'none',
        lang: ''
      }
    }
```

* **hostkeys**(< _array_ >keys) - Emitted when the server announces its available host keys. `keys` is the list of parsed (using [`parseKey()`](#utilities)) host public keys.

* **keyboard-interactive**(< _string_ >name, < _string_ >instructions, < _string_ >instructionsLang, < _array_ >prompts, < _function_ >finish) - The server is asking for replies to the given `prompts` for keyboard-interactive user authentication. `name` is generally what you'd use as a window title (for GUI apps). `prompts` is an array of `{ prompt: 'Password: ', echo: false }` style objects (here `echo` indicates whether user input should be displayed on the screen). The answers for all prompts must be provided as an array of strings and passed to `finish` when you are ready to continue. Note: It's possible for the server to come back and ask more questions.

* **ready**() - Authentication was successful.

* **rekey**() - Emitted when a rekeying operation has completed (either client or server-initiated).

* **tcp connection**(< _object_ >details, < _function_ >accept, < _function_ >reject) - An incoming forwarded TCP connection is being requested. Calling `accept` accepts the connection and returns a `Channel` object. Calling `reject` rejects the connection and no further action is needed. `details` contains:

    * **destIP** - _string_ - The remote IP the connection was received on (given in earlier call to `forwardIn()`).

    * **destPort** - _integer_ - The remote port the connection was received on (given in earlier call to `forwardIn()`).

    * **srcIP** - _string_ - The originating IP of the connection.

    * **srcPort** - _integer_ - The originating port of the connection.

* **unix connection**(< _object_ >details, < _function_ >accept, < _function_ >reject) - An incoming forwarded UNIX socket connection is being requested. Calling `accept` accepts the connection and returns a `Channel` object. Calling `reject` rejects the connection and no further action is needed. `details` contains:

    * **socketPath** - _string_ - The originating UNIX socket path of the connection.

* **x11**(< _object_ >details, < _function_ >accept, < _function_ >reject) - An incoming X11 connection is being requested. Calling `accept` accepts the connection and returns a `Channel` object. Calling `reject` rejects the connection and no further action is needed. `details` contains:

    * **srcIP** - _string_ - The originating IP of the connection.

    * **srcPort** - _integer_ - The originating port of the connection.

#### Client methods

* **(constructor)**() - Creates and returns a new Client instance.

* **connect**(< _object_ >config) - _(void)_ - Attempts a connection to a server using the information given in `config`:

    * **agent** - _string_ - Path to ssh-agent's UNIX socket for ssh-agent-based user authentication. **Windows users: set to 'pageant' for authenticating with Pageant or (actual) path to a cygwin "UNIX socket."** **Default:** (none)

    * **agentForward** - _boolean_ - Set to `true` to use OpenSSH agent forwarding (`auth-agent@openssh.com`) for the life of the connection. `agent` must also be set to use this feature. **Default:** `false`

    * **algorithms** - _object_ - This option allows you to explicitly override the default transport layer algorithms used for the connection. The value for each category must either be an array of valid algorithm names to set an exact list (with the most preferable first) or an object containing `append`, `prepend`, and/or `remove` properties that each contain an _array_ of algorithm names or RegExps to match to adjust default lists for each category. Valid keys:

        * **cipher** - _mixed_ - Ciphers.
            * Default list (in order from most to least preferable):
              * `chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com` (priority of chacha20-poly1305 may vary depending upon CPU and/or optional binding availability)
              * `aes128-gcm`
              * `aes128-gcm@openssh.com`
              * `aes256-gcm`
              * `aes256-gcm@openssh.com`
              * `aes128-ctr`
              * `aes192-ctr`
              * `aes256-ctr`
            * Other supported names:
              * `3des-cbc`
              * `aes256-cbc`
              * `aes192-cbc`
              * `aes128-cbc`
              * `arcfour256`
              * `arcfour128`
              * `arcfour`
              * `blowfish-cbc`
              * `cast128-cbc`

        * **compress** - _mixed_ - Compression algorithms.
            * Default list (in order from most to least preferable):
              * `none`
              * `zlib@openssh.com`
              * `zlib`
            * Other supported names:

        * **hmac** - _mixed_ - (H)MAC algorithms.
            * Default list (in order from most to least preferable):
              * `hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com`
              * `hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com`
              * `hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com`
              * `hmac-sha2-256`
              * `hmac-sha2-512`
              * `hmac-sha1`
            * Other supported names:
              * `hmac-md5`
              * `hmac-sha2-256-96`
              * `hmac-sha2-512-96`
              * `hmac-ripemd160`
              * `hmac-sha1-96`
              * `hmac-md5-96`

        * **kex** - _mixed_ - Key exchange algorithms.
            * Default list (in order from most to least preferable):
              * `curve25519-sha256` (node v14.0.0+)
              * `curve25519-sha256@libssh.org` (node v14.0.0+)
              * `ecdh-sha2-nistp256`
              * `ecdh-sha2-nistp384`
              * `ecdh-sha2-nistp521`
              * `diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256`
              * `diffie-hellman-group14-sha256`
              * `diffie-hellman-group15-sha512`
              * `diffie-hellman-group16-sha512`
              * `diffie-hellman-group17-sha512`
              * `diffie-hellman-group18-sha512`
            * Other supported names:
              * `diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1`
              * `diffie-hellman-group14-sha1`
              * `diffie-hellman-group1-sha1`

        * **serverHostKey** - _mixed_ - Server host key formats.
            * Default list (in order from most to least preferable):
              * `ssh-ed25519` (node v12.0.0+)
              * `ecdsa-sha2-nistp256`
              * `ecdsa-sha2-nistp384`
              * `ecdsa-sha2-nistp521`
              * `rsa-sha2-512`
              * `rsa-sha2-256`
              * `ssh-rsa`
            * Other supported names:
              * `ssh-dss`

    * **authHandler** - _mixed_ - Must be an array of objects as described below, an array of strings containing valid authentication method names (username and credentials are pulled from the object passed to `connect()`), or a function with parameters `(methodsLeft, partialSuccess, callback)` where `methodsLeft` and `partialSuccess` are `null` on the first authentication attempt, otherwise are an array and boolean respectively. Return or call `callback()` with either the name of the authentication method or an object containing the method name along with method-specific details to try next (return/pass `false` to signal no more methods to try). Valid method names are: `'none', 'password', 'publickey', 'agent', 'keyboard-interactive', 'hostbased'`. **Default:** function that follows a set method order: None -> Password -> Private Key -> Agent (-> keyboard-interactive if `tryKeyboard` is `true`) -> Hostbased

        * When returning or calling `callback()` with an object, it can take one of the following forms:

            ```js
            {
              type: 'none',
              username: 'foo',
            }
            ```

            ```js
            {
              type: 'password'
              username: 'foo',
              password: 'bar',
            }
            ```

            ```js
            {
              type: 'publickey'
              username: 'foo',
              // Can be a string, Buffer, or parsed key containing a private key
              key: ...,
              // `passphrase` only required for encrypted keys
              passphrase: ...,
            }
            ```

            ```js
            {
              type: 'hostbased'
              username: 'foo',
              localHostname: 'baz',
              localUsername: 'quux',
              // Can be a string, Buffer, or parsed key containing a private key
              key: ...,
              // `passphrase` only required for encrypted keys
              passphrase: ...,
            }
            ```

            ```js
            {
              type: 'agent'
              username: 'foo',
              // Can be a string that is interpreted exactly like the `agent`
              // connection config option or can be a custom agent
              // object/instance that extends and implements `BaseAgent`
              agent: ...,
            }
            ```

            ```js
            {
              type: 'keyboard-interactive'
              username: 'foo',
              // This works exactly the same way as a 'keyboard-interactive'
              // Client event handler
              prompt: (name, instructions, instructionsLang, prompts, finish) => {
                // ...
              },
            }
            ```

    * **debug** - _function_ - Set this to a function that receives a single string argument to get detailed (local) debug information. **Default:** (none)

    * **forceIPv4** - _boolean_ - Only connect via resolved IPv4 address for `host`. **Default:** `false`

    * **forceIPv6** - _boolean_ - Only connect via resolved IPv6 address for `host`. **Default:** `false`

    * **host** - _string_ - Hostname or IP address of the server. **Default:** `'localhost'`

    * **hostHash** - _string_ - Any valid hash algorithm supported by node. The host's key is hashed using this algorithm and passed to the **hostVerifier** function as a hex string. **Default:** (none)

    * **hostVerifier** - _function_ - Function with parameters `(key[, callback])` for verifying host keys, where `key` is either a hex _string_ of the hash of the key if `hostHash` was set, otherwise it is the raw host key in _Buffer_ form. Use `utils.parseKey()` to get the host key type. Return `true` to continue with the handshake or `false` to reject and disconnect, or call `callback()` with `true` or `false` if you need to perform asynchronous verification. **Default:** (auto-accept if `hostVerifier` is not set)

    * **keepaliveCountMax** - _integer_ - How many consecutive, unanswered SSH-level keepalive packets that can be sent to the server before disconnection (similar to OpenSSH's ServerAliveCountMax config option). **Default:** `3`

    * **keepaliveInterval** - _integer_ - How often (in milliseconds) to send SSH-level keepalive packets to the server (in a similar way as OpenSSH's ServerAliveInterval config option). Set to 0 to disable. **Default:** `0`

    * **localAddress** - _string_ - IP address of the network interface to use to connect to the server. **Default:** (none -- determined by OS)

    * **localHostname** - _string_ - Along with **localUsername** and **privateKey**, set this to a non-empty string for hostbased user authentication. **Default:** (none)

    * **localPort** - _string_ - The local port number to connect from. **Default:** (none -- determined by OS)

    * **localUsername** - _string_ - Along with **localHostname** and **privateKey**, set this to a non-empty string for hostbased user authentication. **Default:** (none)

    * **passphrase** - _string_ - For an encrypted `privateKey`, this is the passphrase used to decrypt it. **Default:** (none)

    * **password** - _string_ - Password for password-based user authentication. **Default:** (none)

    * **port** - _integer_ - Port number of the server. **Default:** `22`

    * **privateKey** - _mixed_ - _Buffer_ or _string_ that contains a private key for either key-based or hostbased user authentication (OpenSSH format). **Default:** (none)

    * **readyTimeout** - _integer_ - How long (in milliseconds) to wait for the SSH handshake to complete. **Default:** `20000`

    * **sock** - _ReadableStream_ - A _ReadableStream_ to use for communicating with the server instead of creating and using a new TCP connection (useful for connection hopping).

    * **strictVendor** - _boolean_ - Performs a strict server vendor check before sending vendor-specific requests, etc. (e.g. check for OpenSSH server when using `openssh_noMoreSessions()`) **Default:** `true`

    * **tryKeyboard** - _boolean_ - Try keyboard-interactive user authentication if primary user authentication method fails. If you set this to `true`, you need to handle the `keyboard-interactive` event. **Default:** `false`

    * **username** - _string_ - Username for authentication. **Default:** (none)

* **end**() - _(void)_ - Disconnects the socket.

* **exec**(< _string_ >command[, < _object_ >options], < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Executes `command` on the server. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream. Valid `options` properties are:

    * **env** - _object_ - An environment to use for the execution of the command.

    * **pty** - _mixed_ - Set to `true` to allocate a pseudo-tty with defaults, or an object containing specific pseudo-tty settings (see 'Pseudo-TTY settings'). Setting up a pseudo-tty can be useful when working with remote processes that expect input from an actual terminal (e.g. sudo's password prompt).

    * **x11** - _mixed_ - Set to `true` to use defaults below, set to a number to specify a specific screen number, or an object with the following valid properties:

        * **cookie** - _mixed_ - The authentication cookie. Can be a hex _string_ or a _Buffer_ containing the raw cookie value (which will be converted to a hex string). **Default:** (random 16 byte value)

        * **protocol** - _string_ - The authentication protocol name. **Default:** `'MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1'`

        * **screen** - _number_ - Screen number to use **Default:** `0`

        * **single** - _boolean_ - Allow just a single connection? **Default:** `false`

* **forwardIn**(< _string_ >remoteAddr, < _integer_ >remotePort, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Bind to `remoteAddr` on `remotePort` on the server and forward incoming TCP connections. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _integer_ >port (`port` is the assigned port number if `remotePort` was 0). Here are some special values for `remoteAddr` and their associated binding behaviors:

    * '' - Connections are to be accepted on all protocol families supported by the server.

    * '0.0.0.0' - Listen on all IPv4 addresses.

    * '::' - Listen on all IPv6 addresses.

    * 'localhost' - Listen on all protocol families supported by the server on loopback addresses only.

    * '127.0.0.1' and '::1' - Listen on the loopback interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6, respectively.

* **forwardOut**(< _string_ >srcIP, < _integer_ >srcPort, < _string_ >dstIP, < _integer_ >dstPort, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Open a connection with `srcIP` and `srcPort` as the originating address and port and `dstIP` and `dstPort` as the remote destination address and port. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

* **openssh_forwardInStreamLocal**(< _string_ >socketPath, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - OpenSSH extension that binds to a UNIX domain socket at `socketPath` on the server and forwards incoming connections. `callback` has 1 parameter: < _Error_ >err.

* **openssh_forwardOutStreamLocal**(< _string_ >socketPath, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - OpenSSH extension that opens a connection to a UNIX domain socket at `socketPath` on the server. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

* **openssh_noMoreSessions**(< _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - OpenSSH extension that sends a request to reject any new sessions (e.g. exec, shell, sftp, subsys) for this connection. `callback` has 1 parameter: < _Error_ >err.

* **openssh_unforwardInStreamLocal**(< _string_ >socketPath, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - OpenSSH extension that unbinds from a UNIX domain socket at `socketPath` on the server and stops forwarding incoming connections. `callback` has 1 parameter: < _Error_ >err.

* **rekey**([< _function_ >callback]) - _(void)_ - Initiates a rekey with the server. If `callback` is supplied, it is added as a one-time handler for the `rekey` event.

* **setNoDelay**([< _boolean_ >noDelay]) - _Client_ - Calls [`setNoDelay()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/net.html#socketsetnodelaynodelay) on the underlying socket. Disabling Nagle's algorithm improves latency at the expense of lower throughput.

* **sftp**([< _object_ >env, ]< _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Starts an SFTP session. `env` is an environment to use when executing `sftp` methods. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _SFTP_ >sftp. For methods available on `sftp`, see the [`SFTP` client documentation](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/SFTP.md).

* **shell**([[< _mixed_ >window,] < _object_ >options]< _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Starts an interactive shell session on the server, with an optional `window` object containing pseudo-tty settings (see 'Pseudo-TTY settings'). If `window === false`, then no pseudo-tty is allocated. `options` supports the `x11` and `env` options as described in `exec()`. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

* **subsys**(< _string_ >subsystem, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Invokes `subsystem` on the server. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

* **unforwardIn**(< _string_ >remoteAddr, < _integer_ >remotePort, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Unbind from `remoteAddr` on `remotePort` on the server and stop forwarding incoming TCP connections. Until `callback` is called, more connections may still come in. `callback` has 1 parameter: < _Error_ >err.

### Server

#### Server events

* **connection**(< _Connection_ >client, < _object_ >info) - A new client has connected. `info` contains the following properties:

    * **family** - _string_ - The `remoteFamily` of the connection.

    * **header** - _object_ - Information about the client's header:

        * **identRaw** - _string_ - The raw client identification string.

        * **versions** - _object_ - Various version information:

            * **protocol** - _string_ - The SSH protocol version (always `1.99` or `2.0`).

            * **software** - _string_ - The software name and version of the client.

        * **comments** - _string_ - Any text that comes after the software name/version.

        Example: the identification string `SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2` would be parsed as:

        ```js
        {
          identRaw: 'SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.6.1p1 Ubuntu-2ubuntu2',
          version: {
            protocol: '2.0',
            software: 'OpenSSH_6.6.1p1'
          },
          comments: 'Ubuntu-2ubuntu2'
        }
        ```

    * **ip** - _string_ - The `remoteAddress` of the connection.

    * **port** - _integer_ - The `remotePort` of the connection.

#### Server methods

* **(constructor)**(< _object_ >config[, < _function_ >connectionListener]) - Creates and returns a new Server instance. Server instances also have the same methods/properties/events as [`net.Server`](http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/net.html#net_class_net_server). `connectionListener` if supplied, is added as a `connection` listener. Valid `config` properties:

    * **algorithms** - _object_ - This option allows you to explicitly override the default transport layer algorithms used for incoming client connections. Each value must be an array of valid algorithms for that category. The order of the algorithms in the arrays are important, with the most favorable being first. For a list of valid and default algorithm names, please review the documentation for the version of `ssh2` used by this module. Valid keys:

        * **cipher** - _array_ - Ciphers.

        * **compress** - _array_ - Compression algorithms.

        * **hmac** - _array_ - (H)MAC algorithms.

        * **kex** - _array_ - Key exchange algorithms.

        * **serverHostKey** - _array_ - Server host key formats.

    * **banner** - _string_ - A message that is sent to clients once, right before authentication begins. **Default:** (none)

    * **debug** - _function_ - Set this to a function that receives a single string argument to get detailed (local) debug information. **Default:** (none)

    * **greeting** - _string_ - A message that is sent to clients immediately upon connection, before handshaking begins. **Note:** Most clients usually ignore this. **Default:** (none)

    * **highWaterMark** - _integer_ - This is the `highWaterMark` to use for the parser stream. **Default:** `32 * 1024`

    * **hostKeys** - _array_ - An array of either Buffers/strings that contain host private keys or objects in the format of `{ key: <Buffer/string>, passphrase: <string> }` for encrypted private keys. (**Required**) **Default:** (none)

    * **ident** - _string_ - A custom server software name/version identifier. **Default:** `'ssh2js' + moduleVersion + 'srv'`

* **injectSocket**(< _DuplexStream_ >socket) - Injects a bidirectional stream as though it were a TCP socket connection. Additionally, `socket` should include `net.Socket`-like properties to ensure the best compatibility (e.g. `socket.remoteAddress`, `socket.remotePort`, `socket.remoteFamily`).

#### Connection events

* **authentication**(< _AuthContext_ >ctx) - The client has requested authentication. `ctx.username` contains the client username, `ctx.method` contains the requested authentication method, and `ctx.accept()` and `ctx.reject([< Array >authMethodsLeft[, < Boolean >isPartialSuccess]])` are used to accept or reject the authentication request respectively. `'abort'` is emitted if the client aborts the authentication request. Other properties/methods available on `ctx` depends on the `ctx.method` of authentication the client has requested:

    * `hostbased`:

        * **blob** - _Buffer_ - This contains the data to be verified that is passed to (along with the signature) `key.verify()` where `key` is a public key parsed with [`parseKey()`](#utilities).

        * **key** - _object_ - Contains information about the public key sent by the client:

            * **algo** - _string_ - The name of the key algorithm (e.g. `ssh-rsa`).

            * **data** - _Buffer_ - The actual key data.

        * **localHostname** - _string_ - The local hostname provided by the client.

        * **localUsername** - _string_ - The local username provided by the client.

        * **signature** - _Buffer_ - This contains a signature to be verified that is passed to (along with the blob) `key.verify()` where `key` is a public key parsed with [`parseKey()`](#utilities).

        * **hashAlgo** - _mixed_ - This is either `undefined` or a _string_ containing an explicit hash algorithm to be used during verification (passed to `key.verify()`).

    * `keyboard-interactive`:

        * **prompt**(< _array_ >prompts[, < _string_ >title[, < _string_ >instructions]], < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Send prompts to the client. `prompts` is an array of `{ prompt: 'Prompt text', echo: true }` objects (`prompt` being the prompt text and `echo` indicating whether the client's response to the prompt should be echoed to their display). `callback` is called with `(responses)`, where `responses` is an array of string responses matching up to the `prompts`.

        * **submethods** - _array_ - A list of preferred authentication "sub-methods" sent by the client. This may be used to determine what (if any) prompts to send to the client.

    * `password`:

        * **password** - _string_ - This is the password sent by the client.

        * **requestChange**(< _string_ >prompt, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Sends a password change request to the client. `callback` is called with `(newPassword)`, where `newPassword` is the new password supplied by the client. You may accept, reject, or prompt for another password change after `callback` is called.

    * `publickey`:

        * **blob** - _mixed_ - If the value is `undefined`, the client is only checking the validity of the `key`. If the value is a _Buffer_, then this contains the data to be verified that is passed to (along with the signature) `key.verify()` where `key` is a public key parsed with [`parseKey()`](#utilities).

        * **key** - _object_ - Contains information about the public key sent by the client:

            * **algo** - _string_ - The name of the key algorithm (e.g. `ssh-rsa`).

            * **data** - _Buffer_ - The actual key data.

        * **signature** - _mixed_ - If the value is `undefined`, the client is only checking the validity of the `key`. If the value is a _Buffer_, then this contains a signature to be verified that is passed to (along with the blob) `key.verify()` where `key` is a public key parsed with [`parseKey()`](#utilities).

        * **hashAlgo** - _mixed_ - This is either `undefined` or a _string_ containing an explicit hash algorithm to be used during verification (passed to `key.verify()`).

* **close**() - The client socket was closed.

* **end**() - The client socket disconnected.

* **error**(< _Error_ >err) - An error occurred.

* **handshake**(< _object_ >negotiated) - Emitted when a handshake has completed (either initial or rekey). `negotiated` contains the negotiated details of the handshake and is of the form:

```js
    // In this particular case `mac` is empty because there is no separate MAC
    // because it's integrated into AES in GCM mode
    { kex: 'ecdh-sha2-nistp256',
      srvHostKey: 'rsa-sha2-512',
      cs: { // Client to server algorithms
        cipher: 'aes128-gcm',
        mac: '',
        compress: 'none',
        lang: ''
      },
      sc: { // Server to client algorithms
        cipher: 'aes128-gcm',
        mac: '',
        compress: 'none',
        lang: ''
      }
    }
```

* **openssh.streamlocal**(< _function_ >accept, < _function_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - Emitted when the client has requested a connection to a UNIX domain socket. `accept()` returns a new _Channel_ instance representing the connection. `info` contains:

    * **socketPath** - _string_ - Destination socket path of outgoing connection.

* **ready**() - Emitted when the client has been successfully authenticated.

* **rekey**() - Emitted when a rekeying operation has completed (either client or server-initiated).

* **request**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _string_ >name, < _object_ >info) - Emitted when the client has sent a global request for `name` (e.g. `tcpip-forward` or `cancel-tcpip-forward`). `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. If `bindPort === 0`, you should pass the chosen port to `accept()` so that the client will know what port was bound. `info` contains additional details about the request:

    * `cancel-tcpip-forward` and `tcpip-forward`:

        * **bindAddr** - _string_ - The IP address to start/stop binding to.

        * **bindPort** - _integer_ - The port to start/stop binding to.

    * `cancel-streamlocal-forward@openssh.com` and `streamlocal-forward@openssh.com`:

        * **socketPath** - _string_ - The socket path to start/stop binding to.

* **session**(< _function_ >accept, < _function_ >reject) - Emitted when the client has requested a new session. Sessions are used to start interactive shells, execute commands, request X11 forwarding, etc. `accept()` returns a new _Session_ instance.

* **tcpip**(< _function_ >accept, < _function_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - Emitted when the client has requested an outbound (TCP) connection. `accept()` returns a new _Channel_ instance representing the connection. `info` contains:

    * **destIP** - _string_ - Destination IP address of outgoing connection.

    * **destPort** - _string_ - Destination port of outgoing connection.

    * **srcIP** - _string_ - Source IP address of outgoing connection.

    * **srcPort** - _string_ - Source port of outgoing connection.

#### Connection methods

* **end**() - _(void)_ - Closes the client connection.

* **forwardOut**(< _string_ >boundAddr, < _integer_ >boundPort, < _string_ >remoteAddr, < _integer_ >remotePort, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Alert the client of an incoming TCP connection on `boundAddr` on port `boundPort` from `remoteAddr` on port `remotePort`. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

* **openssh_forwardOutStreamLocal**(< _string_ >socketPath, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Alert the client of an incoming UNIX domain socket connection on `socketPath`. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

* **rekey**([< _function_ >callback]) - _(void)_ - Initiates a rekey with the client. If `callback` is supplied, it is added as a one-time handler for the `rekey` event.

* **setNoDelay**([< _boolean_ >noDelay]) - _Connection_ - Calls [`setNoDelay()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/net.html#socketsetnodelaynodelay) on the underlying socket. Disabling Nagle's algorithm improves latency at the expense of lower throughput.

* **x11**(< _string_ >originAddr, < _integer_ >originPort, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Alert the client of an incoming X11 client connection from `originAddr` on port `originPort`. `callback` has 2 parameters: < _Error_ >err, < _Channel_ >stream.

#### Session events

* **auth-agent**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject) - The client has requested incoming ssh-agent requests be forwarded to them. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response.

* **close**() - The session was closed.

* **env**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client requested an environment variable to be set for this session. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `info` has these properties:

    * **key** - _string_ - The environment variable's name.

    * **value** - _string_ - The environment variable's value.

* **exec**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client has requested execution of a command string. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `accept()` returns a _Channel_ for the command execution. `info` has these properties:

    * **command** - _string_ - The command line to be executed.

* **pty**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client requested allocation of a pseudo-TTY for this session. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `info` has these properties:

    * **term** - _string_ - The terminal type for the pseudo-TTY.

    * **cols** - _integer_ - The number of columns for the pseudo-TTY.

    * **height** - _integer_ - The height of the pseudo-TTY in pixels.

    * **modes** - _object_ - Contains the requested terminal modes of the pseudo-TTY keyed on the mode name with the value being the mode argument. (See the table at the end for valid names).

    * **rows** - _integer_ - The number of rows for the pseudo-TTY.

    * **width** - _integer_ - The width of the pseudo-TTY in pixels.

* **sftp**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject) - The client has requested the SFTP subsystem. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `accept()` returns an _SFTP_ instance in server mode (see the [`SFTP` documentation](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/SFTP.md) for details). `info` has these properties:

* **shell**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject) - The client has requested an interactive shell. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `accept()` returns a _Channel_ for the interactive shell.

* **signal**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client has sent a signal. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `info` has these properties:

    * **name** - _string_ - The signal name (e.g. `SIGUSR1`).

* **subsystem**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client has requested an arbitrary subsystem. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `accept()` returns a _Channel_ for the subsystem. `info` has these properties:

    * **name** - _string_ - The name of the subsystem.

* **window-change**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client reported a change in window dimensions during this session. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `info` has these properties:

    * **cols** - _integer_ - The new number of columns for the client window.

    * **height** - _integer_ - The new height of the client window in pixels.

    * **rows** - _integer_ - The new number of rows for the client window.

    * **width** - _integer_ - The new width of the client window in pixels.

* **x11**(< _mixed_ >accept, < _mixed_ >reject, < _object_ >info) - The client requested X11 forwarding. `accept` and `reject` are functions if the client requested a response. `info` has these properties:

    * **cookie** - _string_ - The X11 authentication cookie encoded in hexadecimal.

    * **protocol** - _string_ - The name of the X11 authentication method used (e.g. `MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1`).

    * **screen** - _integer_ - The screen number to forward X11 connections for.

    * **single** - _boolean_ - `true` if only a single connection should be forwarded.

### Channel

This is a normal **streams2** Duplex Stream (used both by clients and servers), with the following changes:

* A boolean property `allowHalfOpen` exists and behaves similarly to the property of the same name for `net.Socket`. When the stream's end() is called, if `allowHalfOpen` is `true`, only EOF will be sent (the server can still send data if they have not already sent EOF). The default value for this property is `true`.

* A `close` event is emitted once the channel is completely closed on both the client and server.

* Client-specific:

    * For exec():

        * An `exit` event *may* (the SSH2 spec says it is optional) be emitted when the process finishes. If the process finished normally, the process's return value is passed to the `exit` callback. If the process was interrupted by a signal, the following are passed to the `exit` callback: null, < _string_ >signalName, < _boolean_ >didCoreDump, < _string_ >description.

        * If there was an `exit` event, the `close` event will be passed the same arguments for convenience.

        * A `stderr` property contains a Readable stream that represents output from stderr.

    * For exec() and shell():

        * The readable side represents stdout and the writable side represents stdin.

        * **setWindow**(< _integer_ >rows, < _integer_ >cols, < _integer_ >height, < _integer_ >width) - _(void)_ - Lets the server know that the local terminal window has been resized. The meaning of these arguments are described in the 'Pseudo-TTY settings' section.

        * **signal**(< _string_ >signalName) - _(void)_ - Sends a POSIX signal to the current process on the server. Valid signal names are: 'ABRT', 'ALRM', 'FPE', 'HUP', 'ILL', 'INT', 'KILL', 'PIPE', 'QUIT', 'SEGV', 'TERM', 'USR1', and 'USR2'. Some server implementations may ignore this request if they do not support signals. Note: If you are trying to send SIGINT and you find `signal()` doesn't work, try writing `'\x03'` to the Channel stream instead.


* Server-specific:

    * For exec-enabled channel instances there is an additional method available that may be called right before you close the channel. It has two different signatures:

        * **exit**(< _integer_ >exitCode) - _(void)_ - Sends an exit status code to the client.

        * **exit**(< _string_ >signalName[, < _boolean_ >coreDumped[, < _string_ >errorMsg]]) - _(void)_ - Sends an exit status code to the client.

    * For exec and shell-enabled channel instances, `channel.stderr` is a writable stream.

### Pseudo-TTY settings

* **cols** - < _integer_ > - Number of columns. **Default:** `80`

* **height** - < _integer_ > - Height in pixels. **Default:** `480`

* **modes** - < _object_ > - An object containing [Terminal Modes](#terminal-modes) as keys, with each value set to each mode argument. **Default:** `null`

* **rows** - < _integer_ > - Number of rows. **Default:** `24`

* **term** - < _string_ > - The value to use for $TERM. **Default:** `'vt100'`

* **width** - < _integer_ > - Width in pixels. **Default:** `640`

`rows` and `cols` override `width` and `height` when `rows` and `cols` are non-zero.

Pixel dimensions refer to the drawable area of the window.

Zero dimension parameters are ignored.

### Terminal modes

Name           | Description
-------------- | ------------
CS7            | 7 bit mode.
CS8            | 8 bit mode.
ECHOCTL        | Echo control characters as ^(Char).
ECHO           | Enable echoing.
ECHOE          | Visually erase chars.
ECHOKE         | Visual erase for line kill.
ECHOK          | Kill character discards current line.
ECHONL         | Echo NL even if ECHO is off.
ICANON         | Canonicalize input lines.
ICRNL          | Map CR to NL on input.
IEXTEN         | Enable extensions.
IGNCR          | Ignore CR on input.
IGNPAR         | The ignore parity flag. The parameter SHOULD be 0 if this flag is FALSE, and 1 if it is TRUE.
IMAXBEL        | Ring bell on input queue full.
INLCR          | Map NL into CR on input.
INPCK          | Enable checking of parity errors.
ISIG           | Enable signals INTR, QUIT, [D]SUSP.
ISTRIP         | Strip 8th bit off characters.
IUCLC          | Translate uppercase characters to lowercase.
IXANY          | Any char will restart after stop.
IXOFF          | Enable input flow control.
IXON           | Enable output flow control.
NOFLSH         | Don't flush after interrupt.
OCRNL          | Translate carriage return to newline (output).
OLCUC          | Convert lowercase to uppercase.
ONLCR          | Map NL to CR-NL.
ONLRET         | Newline performs a carriage return (output).
ONOCR          | Translate newline to carriage return-newline (output).
OPOST          | Enable output processing.
PARENB         | Parity enable.
PARMRK         | Mark parity and framing errors.
PARODD         | Odd parity, else even.
PENDIN         | Retype pending input.
TOSTOP         | Stop background jobs from output.
TTY_OP_ISPEED  | Specifies the input baud rate in bits per second.
TTY_OP_OSPEED  | Specifies the output baud rate in bits per second.
VDISCARD       | Toggles the flushing of terminal output.
VDSUSP         | Another suspend character.
VEOF           | End-of-file character (sends EOF from the terminal).
VEOL2          | Additional end-of-line character.
VEOL           | End-of-line character in addition to carriage return and/or linefeed.
VERASE         | Erase the character to left of the cursor.
VFLUSH         | Character to flush output.
VINTR          | Interrupt character; 255 if none. Similarly for the other characters. Not all of these characters are supported on all systems.
VKILL          | Kill the current input line.
VLNEXT         | Enter the next character typed literally, even if it is a special character
VQUIT          | The quit character (sends SIGQUIT signal on POSIX systems).
VREPRINT       | Reprints the current input line.
VSTART         | Continues paused output (normally control-Q).
VSTATUS        | Prints system status line (load, command, pid, etc).
VSTOP          | Pauses output (normally control-S).
VSUSP          | Suspends the current program.
VSWTCH         | Switch to a different shell layer.
VWERASE        | Erases a word left of cursor.
XCASE          | Enable input and output of uppercase characters by preceding their lowercase equivalents with "\".

### HTTPAgent

#### HTTPAgent methods

* **(constructor)**(< _object_ >sshConfig[, < _object_ >agentConfig]) - Creates and returns a new `http.Agent` instance used to tunnel an HTTP connection over SSH. `sshConfig` is what is passed to `client.connect()` and `agentOptions` is passed to the `http.Agent` constructor.

### HTTPSAgent

#### HTTPSAgent methods

* **(constructor)**(< _object_ >sshConfig[, < _object_ >agentConfig]) - Creates and returns a new `https.Agent` instance used to tunnel an HTTP connection over SSH. `sshConfig` is what is passed to `client.connect()` and `agentOptions` is passed to the `https.Agent` constructor.

### Utilities

* **generateKeyPair**(< _string_ >keyType[, < _object_ >options], < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Generates an SSH key pair of the given type. `keyType` may be one of `'rsa'`, `'ecdsa'`, or `'ed25519'` (node.js v12+). `callback` has the signature `(err, keys)` where `keys` is an _object_ containing `private` and `public` properties containing the generated SSH keys. `options` may contain:

    * **bits** - _integer_ - For ECDSA and RSA keys, this is the key strength. For ECDSA, this is restricted to `256`, `384`, or `521`. **Default:** (none)

    * **cipher** - _string_ - The (SSH, not OpenSSL) cipher to use to encrypt the key. **Default:** (none)

    * **comment** - _string_ - A comment to include in the private and public keys. **Default:** `''`

    * **format** - _string_ - The SSH key format to use. Currently only `'new'` is supported, which represents the current OpenSSH key formats. **Default:** `'new'`

    * **passphrase** - _mixed_ - The desired passphrase for encrypting the key. This can either be a string or _Buffer_. **Default:** (none)

    * **rounds** - _integer_ - For `'new'`-formatted SSH keys, this is the number of bcrypt rounds to use when generating cipher parameters for encrypted keys. **Default:** `16`

* **generateKeyPairSync**(< _string_ >keyType[, < _object_ >options]) - _object_ - Generates an SSH key pair of the given type. This is a synchronous version of `generateKeyPair()`.

* **parseKey**(< _mixed_ >keyData[, < _string_ >passphrase]) - _mixed_ - Parses a private/public key in OpenSSH, RFC4716, or PPK format. For encrypted private keys, the key will be decrypted with the given `passphrase`. `keyData` can be a _Buffer_ or _string_ value containing the key contents. The returned value will be an array of objects (currently in the case of modern OpenSSH keys) or an object with these properties and methods:

    * **comment** - _string_ - The comment for the key

    * **equals**(< _mixed_ >otherKey) - _boolean_ - This returns `true` if `otherKey` (a parsed or parseable key) is the same as this key. This method does not compare the keys' comments

    * **getPrivatePEM**() - _string_ - This returns the PEM version of a private key

    * **getPublicPEM**() - _string_ - This returns the PEM version of a public key (for either public key or derived from a private key)

    * **getPublicSSH**() - _string_ - This returns the SSH version of a public key (for either public key or derived from a private key)

    * **isPrivateKey**() - _boolean_ - This returns `true` if the key is a private key or not

    * **sign**(< _mixed_ >data) - _mixed_ - This signs the given `data` using this key and returns a _Buffer_ containing the signature on success. On failure, an _Error_ will be returned. `data` can be anything accepted by node's [`sign.update()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/crypto.html#crypto_sign_update_data_inputencoding).

    * **type** - _string_ - The full key type (e.g. `'ssh-rsa'`)

    * **verify**(< _mixed_ >data, < _Buffer_ >signature) - _mixed_ - This verifies a `signature` of the given `data` using this key and returns `true` if the signature could be verified. On failure, either `false` will be returned or an _Error_ will be returned upon a more critical failure. `data` can be anything accepted by node's [`verify.update()`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/crypto.html#crypto_verify_update_data_inputencoding).

* **sftp.OPEN_MODE** - [`OPEN_MODE`](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/SFTP.md#useful-standalone-data-structures)

* **sftp.STATUS_CODE** - [`STATUS_CODE`](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/SFTP.md#useful-standalone-data-structures)

* **sftp.flagsToString** - [`flagsToString()`](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/SFTP.md#useful-standalone-methods)

* **sftp.stringToFlags** - [`stringToFlags()`](https://github.com/mscdex/ssh2/blob/master/SFTP.md#useful-standalone-methods)

### AgentProtocol

#### AgentProtocol events

* **identities**(< _opaque_ >request) - **(Server mode only)** The client has requested a list of public keys stored in the agent. Use `failureReply()` or `getIdentitiesReply()` to reply appropriately.

* **sign**(< _opaque_ >request, < _mixed_ >pubKey, < _Buffer_ >data, < _object_ >options) - **(Server mode only)** The client has requested `data` to be signed using the key identified by `pubKey`. Use `failureReply()` or `signReply()` to reply appropriately. `options` may contain any of:

  * **hash** - _string_ - The explicitly desired hash to use when computing the signature. Currently if set, this may be either `'sha256'` or `'sha512'` for RSA keys.

#### AgentProtocol methods

* **(constructor)**(< _boolean_ >isClient) - Creates and returns a new AgentProtocol instance. `isClient` determines whether the instance operates in client or server mode.

* **failureReply**(< _opaque_ >request) - _(void)_ - **(Server mode only)** Replies to the given `request` with a failure response.

* **getIdentities**(< _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - **(Client mode only)** Requests a list of public keys from the agent. `callback` is passed `(err, keys)` where `keys` is a possible array of public keys for authentication.

* **getIdentitiesReply**(< _opaque_ >request, < _array_ >keys) - _(void)_ - **(Server mode only)** Responds to a identities list `request` with the given array of keys in `keys`.

* **sign**(< _mixed_ >pubKey, < _Buffer_ >data, < _object_ >options, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - **(Client mode only)** Requests that the agent sign `data` using the key identified by `pubKey`. `pubKey` can be any parsed (using `utils.parseKey()`) or parseable key value. `callback` is passed `(err, signature)` where `signature` is a possible _Buffer_ containing the signature for the `data`. `options` may contain any of:

  * **hash** - _string_ - The explicitly desired hash to use when computing the signature. Currently if set, this may be either `'sha256'` or `'sha512'` for RSA keys.

* **signReply**(< _opaque_ >request, < _Buffer_ >signature) - _(void)_ - **(Server mode only)** Responds to a sign `request` with the given signature in `signature`.

### BaseAgent

In order to create a custom agent, your class *must*:

  * Extend `BaseAgent`
  * Call `super()` in its constructor
  * Implement *at least* the following methods:

* **getIdentities**(< _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Passes `(err, keys)` to `callback` where `keys` is a possible array of public keys for authentication.

* **sign**(< _mixed_ >pubKey, < _Buffer_ >data, < _object_ >options, < _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Signs `data` using the key identified by `pubKey`. `pubKey` can be any parsed (using `utils.parseKey()`) or parseable key value. `callback` should be passed `(err, signature)` where `signature` is a possible _Buffer_ containing the signature for the `data`. `options` may contain any of:

  * **hash** - _string_ - The explicitly desired hash to use when computing the signature. Currently if set, this may be either `'sha256'` or `'sha512'` for RSA keys.

Additionally your class may implement the following method in order to support agent forwarding on the client:

* **getStream**(< _function_ >callback) - _(void)_ - Passes `(err, stream)` to `callback` where `stream` is a possible Duplex stream to be used to communicate with your agent. You will probably want to utilize `AgentProtocol` as agent forwarding is an OpenSSH feature, so the `stream` needs to be able to transmit/receive OpenSSH agent protocol packets.

### createAgent

* **createAgent**(< _string_ >agentValue) - _(Agent)_ - Creates and returns a new agent instance using the same logic as the `Client`'s `agent` configuration option: if the platform is Windows and it's the value "pageant", it creates a `PageantAgent`, otherwise if it's not a path to a Windows pipe it creates a `CygwinAgent`. In all other cases, it creates an `OpenSSHAgent`.

### CygwinAgent

#### CygwinAgent methods

* **(constructor)**(< _string_ >socketPath) - Communicates with an agent listening at `socketPath` in a Cygwin environment.

### OpenSSHAgent

#### OpenSSHAgent methods

* **(constructor)**(< _string_ >socketPath) - Communicates with an OpenSSH agent listening on the UNIX socket at `socketPath`.

### PageantAgent

#### PageantAgent methods

* **(constructor)**() - Creates a new agent instance for communicating with a running Pageant agent process.
