ExtraPutty in Teststand

[shreyapatel]

I am using Teststand 2019 and wanted to use ExtraPutty to be able to use PuTTy SSH client capabilities with Teststand. I know that in order to be able to download the Extraputty properly with Teststand the configuration file needs to be updated with admin privileges. I do not have admin privileges on our testing stations, is there a workaround to be able to properly install and use Extraputty without having admin privileges available.

Thanks,

Shreya

[A_I]

Have you already integrated ExtraPutty into your code? I had a similar need recently and had considered ExtraPutty, but ultimately decide to use plink.exe, which is the command line interface to Putty. I created a simple utility sequence containing a Call Executable (that calls plink.exe). This sequence will establish the SSH connection, execute one or more commands, and then terminate the SSH connection. I call this utility many times in my TPS and it works flawlessly, plus there is no overhead (such as the issues you discussed).