Cloud Foundry and WinSCP

Question

What is the simplest way to access the Cloud Foundry application container using WinSCP?

The way I know, I need following steps:

1. Login / Target

   cf login
   cf target -o app-org -s app-space
   

2. Retrieve and display the given app's guid

   cf app pef-sso-server-dev --guid
   

3. Get a one time password for ssh clients

   cf ssh-code
   

4. Establishing a connection

   • hostname: <my-app>.<my-domain>
   • port: 2222
   • username: cf:<app-guid>/<app-instance-index>@ssh.<my-domain>
   • password: <ssh-code>

Could we just use CF CLI to create SSH tunnel and connect WinSCP to local forwarded port without re-authentication?

Answer 1

Later versions of cf, support the ssh command:

cf ssh MY-AWESOME-APP

Check out the official documentation for more details.