Sometimes, we want to run commands over ssh with Python.
in this articl,e we’ll look at how to run commands over ssh with Python.
How to run commands over ssh with Python?
To run commands over ssh with Python, we can use the Paramiko library.
To install it, we run
pip install paramiko
Then we can use it by writing
import paramiko
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.connect(server, username=username, password=password)
ssh_stdin, ssh_stdout, ssh_stderr = ssh.exec_command(cmd_to_execute)
to create an ssh client with
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
Then we call ssh.connect to connect to the server with the username and password.
And then we call exec_command to run the command we want.
If we use ssh keys, we write
import paramiko
k = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file(keyfilename)
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect(hostname=host, username=user, pkey=k)
to load the private key file with
paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file(keyfilename)
Then we make the connection with connect.
Conclusion
To run commands over ssh with Python, we can use the Paramiko library.
