Bamboo Deploy via Bastion Host

Question

How can I configure a Bamboo Deployment Task to use a SSH Bastion (jump) host to connect to the target deployment server to run a script?

I've tried configuring a .ssh/config file on the bamboo server. It works from the command line but it is ignored by Bamboo.

Answer 1

Bamboo doesn't support this - although it doesn't explicitly say so in the docs. It appears you're not the only one trying to do this. You have a couple of alternatives:

1. Avoid the Bamboo SSH task, create a Command task that does what you want, i.e. calls the system install of ssh.
2. Use a Command task to call the system install of ssh and forward a port via the bastion to the target, then use a Bamboo SSH task through that tunnel.
3. Externally (i.e. not within Bamboo) maintain a tunnel that you can use for your Bamboo SSH task.
4. Use a tool that supports ssh a bit better, such as Jenkins.

Hope that gives you some ideas!