execute commands on remote host in a Jenkinsfile - jenkins

Question

i am trying to ssh into a remote host and then execute certain commands on the remote host's shell. Following is my pipeline code.
pipeline {
agent any
environment {
// comment added
APPLICATION = 'app'
ENVIRONMENT = 'dev'
MAINTAINER_NAME = 'jenkins'
MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'jenkins#email.com'
}
stages {
stage('clone repository') {
steps {
// cloning repo
checkout scm
}
}
stage('Build Image') {
steps {
script {
sshagent(credentials : ['jenkins-pem']) {
sh "echo pwd"
sh 'ssh -t -t ubuntu#xx.xxx.xx.xx -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
sh "echo pwd"
sh 'sudo -i -u root'
sh 'cd /opt/docker/web'
sh 'echo pwd'
}
}
}
}
}
}
But upon running this job it executes sh 'ssh -t -t ubuntu#xx.xxx.xx.xx -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' successfully but it stops there and does not execute any further commands. I want to execute the commands that are written after ssh command inside the remote host's shell. any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

I would try something like this:
sshagent(credentials : ['jenkins-pem']) {
sh "echo pwd"
sh 'ssh -t -t ubuntu#xx.xxx.xx.xx -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "echo pwd && sudo -i -u root && cd /opt/docker/web && echo pwd"'
}

Answer 2

I resolve this issue
script
{
sh """ssh -tt login#host << EOF
your command
exit
EOF"""
}

Answer 3

stage("DEPLOY CONTAINER"){
steps {
script {
sh """
#!/bin/bash
sudo ssh -i /path/path/keyname.pem username#serverip << EOF
sudo bash /opt/filename.sh
exit 0
<< EOF
"""
}
}
}

Answer 4

There is a better way to run commands on remote using SSH. I know this is late answer but I just explored this thing so would like to share and this will help others to resolve this problem easily.
I just found this link helpful on how to run multiple commands on remote using SSH. Also we can run multiple commands conditionally as mentioned in above blog.
By going through it, I found the syntax:
ssh username#hostname "command1; command2;commandN"
Now, how to run command inside remote hots using SSH in Jenkins pipeline?
Here is the solution:
pipeline {
agent any
environment {
/*
define your command in variable
*/
remoteCommands =
"""java --version;
java --version;
java --version """
}
stages {
stage('Login to remote host') {
steps {
sshagent(['ubnt-creds']) {
/*
Provide variable as argument in ssh command
*/
sh 'ssh -tt username#hostanem $remoteCommands'
}
}
}
}
}
Firstly and optionally, you can define a variable that holds all commands separated by ;(semicolon) and then pass it as parameter in command.
Another way, you can also pass your commands directly to ssh command as
sh "ssh -tt username#hostanem 'command1;command2;commandN'"
I have used it in my code and it's working great!
see the output here
Happy Learning :)