The Release Remoting plugin is used to configure Unix and Windows hosts in Release, so that other plugins can execute commands on and transfer files to those hosts. For example, the Release Ansible, Kubernetes, and Docker Compose plugins all leverage the Remoting plugin.
The remoting functionality for Deploy and Release uses the Overthere framework to manipulate files and execute commands on remote hosts. SSH is supported for connectivity to Unix, Microsoft Windows, and z/OS hosts. This topic describes common configuration errors that can occur when using Deploy or Release with the SSH protocol.
The remoting functionality for Deploy and Release supports the SSH protocol for connecting to a Unix, Microsoft Windows, or z/OS hosts. To connect to a remote host using the SSH protocol, you must to install an SSH server on that remote host. For more information, see Remoting plugin and SSH protocol.