sudo apt-get install libssh2-1-dev
sudo apt-get install zlib1g
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use 5.010;
use lib "template_stuff";
use File::Basename; 
use Net::SSH2;
use File::Spec;
use Term::ReadKey;

my $rftp = get_ftp_object();
say "object created, back in main";
##</code><code>##

sub get_ftp_object{
use strict;
use Net::SSH2;
use 5.01;
my $sub_hash = "my_sftp";
my $domain = $config{$sub_hash}->{'domain'};
my $username = $config{$sub_hash}->{'username'};
my $password = $config{$sub_hash}->{'password'};
say "values are $domain $username $password";

#dial up the server
my $ssh2 = Net::SSH2->new();
$ssh2->connect($domain) or die "Unable to connect Host $@ \n";
say "connect worked";
#this works for passwords 
$ssh2->auth_password($username,$password) or die "Unable to login $@ \n";
return $ssh2;
}