Command scp

Usage: juju scp [options] <source> <destination>

Summary:

Transfers files to/from a Juju machine.

Options:

-B, --no-browser-login (= false)

Do not use web browser for authentication

-m, --model (= "")

Model to operate in. Accepts [<controller name>:]<model name>

--no-host-key-checks (= false)

Skip host key checking (INSECURE)

--proxy (= false)

Proxy through the API server

Details:

The source or destination arguments may either be a local path or a remote location. The syntax for a remote location is:

     [<user>@]<target>:[<path>]

If the user is not specified, “ubuntu” is used. If is not specified, it defaults to the home directory of the remote user account.

The may be either a ‘unit name’ or a ‘machine id’. These can be obtained from the output of juju status.

Options specific to scp can be provided after a --. Refer to the scp(1) man page for an explanation of those options. The -r option to recursively copy a directory is particularly useful.

The SSH host keys of the target are verified. The --no-host-key-checks option can be used to disable these checks. Use of this option is not recommended as it opens up the possibility of a man-in-the-middle attack.

Examples:

Copy file /var/log/syslog from machine 2 to the client’s current working directory:

juju scp 2:/var/log/syslog .

Recursively copy the /var/log/mongodb directory from a mongodb unit to the client’s local remote-logs directory:

juju scp -- -r mongodb/0:/var/log/mongodb/ remote-logs

Copy foo.txt from the client’s current working directory to an apache2 unit of model “prod”. Proxy the SSH connection through the controller and turn on scp compression:

juju scp -m prod --proxy -- -C foo.txt apache2/1:

Copy multiple files from the client’s current working directory to machine 2:

juju scp file1 file2 2:

Copy multiple files from the bob user account on machine 3 to the client’s current working directory:

juju scp bob@3:'file1 file2' .

Copy file.dat from machine 0 to the machine hosting unit foo/0 (-3 causes the transfer to be made via the client):

juju scp -- -3 0:file.dat foo/0:

See also:

ssh

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