Testing ssh connection

Question

an important part of my project is to log in into remote server with ssh and do something with files on it:

Net::SSH.start(@host, @username, :password =>          


        

Answer 1

Your suggested solution is similar to how I've done it before:

Log into the local machine. For convenience you could use 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1', but for a better simulation of network activity you might want to use the full hostname. On Mac OS and Linux you can grab the host easily by using:

`hostname`

or

require 'socket'
hostname = Socket.gethostname

which should be universal.

From there create or touch a file on the local machine after logging in, so you can test for the change with your test code.