# Remote scripts

> Run a script on one or more target servers as part of a job

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A **Remote Script** action executes a script on the servers a job is acting on, rather than on the Cloud Management Platform (CMP) appliance. Use one to add user accounts to a newly provisioned server, kick off a Puppet run once provisioning finishes, change passwords as a server expires, or apply configuration that only makes sense once the server exists.

## How a script reaches the server

CMP runs a remote script one of two ways:

- **Generic.** SSH and SCP for \*nix servers, WinRM for Windows. This works on any server CMP can reach over the network and authenticate to, regardless of the platform it runs on.
- **Platform-specific.** Some platforms can run a script through their own channel instead, without CMP opening SSH or WinRM to the server. VMware uses VMware Tools by default; AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offer it as an opt-in.

Which one applies is controlled by the **Use Tech-Specific Script Execution** parameter and a global setting. See [Configure remote script method](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/configure-method/).

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Section pages:

- [Supported platforms and execution methods](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/supported-platforms/): Which execution methods are available on which platforms
- [Authentication requirements](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/authentication-requirements/): The credentials Cloud Management Platform (CMP) needs to reach a target server, and where to set them
- [Configure remote script method](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/configure-method/): Choose whether a script runs via the platform's built-in mechanism or over SSH and WinRM, and manage the temporary files
- [Write remote scripts](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/write/): What a remote script needs in order to run, and how its variables become action inputs
- [AWS tech-specific script execution](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/aws/): Run remote scripts on AWS servers through Systems Manager, without a username and password
- [Azure tech-specific script execution](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/azure/): Run remote scripts on Azure servers using Azure Run Command without a username and password
- [OCI tech-specific script execution](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/oci/): Run ad hoc scripts on OCI instances using OCI's native command execution mechanism
- [OS-specific requirements](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/os-specific-requirements/): Configure a target server so Cloud Management Platform (CMP) can run scripts on it over SSH or WinRM
- [Examples](/docs/cmp/use/orchestration/remote-scripts/examples/): Example remote scripts for *nix and Windows