SSH action issues

1. Command not found

Error:

Command not found

Solution:

If you’re sure the execution command is correct, check the .bashrc file on the server. The file allows you to ignore commands executed in non-interactive mode. Make sure to remove or comment the config for non-interactive executions. It is usually preceeded with a line like this:

# If not running interactively, don't do anything

The config may look different depending on the system, for example:

# If not running interactively, don't do anything

case $- in

    *i*) ;;
      *) return;;
esac

or

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

2. Timeout error

Error:

The command times out after 10 minutes although a higher timeout is set in the action.

Solution:

1. Go to SSHD config on your server. On Linux it can be mostly found in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.

2. Apply a setting that will send null packages to the client in intervals shorter than 10 minutes, for example:

ClientAliveInterval 120

3. On top of that, you need to control the number of keep-alives sent to a client per session:

ClientAliveCountMax 720

4. Restart daemon SSHD.

3. Base64: not found

Error:

base64: command not found

Solution:

If you want to run commands as a script, you need to install Base64 on your server. Otherwise, go to the Execution mode at the bottom of the action and switch it to Run every command in a separate context.