exssh 0.1.0

Provide automation capability for any ssh client.

exssh

Provide automation capability for any ssh client.

Install

pip install exssh

with bitwarden cli support:

pip install exssh[bitwarden]

Usage

• CONNECT_CONFIG connection config file (default: ~/.ssh/connect.conf)
• EXPECT_CONFIG expect config file (default: ~/.ssh/expect.conf)
• COPY_CONFIG copy config file (default: ~/.ssh/copy.conf)
• PROG ssh client program (default: ssh)
• EXTRA extra parameter for ssh client program

python3 -m exssh [-p PORT] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--connect-config CONNECT_CONFIG] [--expect-config EXPECT_CONFIG] [--copy-config COPY_CONFIG] [--prog PROG] [--extra EXTRA] host

CONNECT_CONFIG

[*]
prog=zssh
-z=^\\
extra=-t "tmux new-session -A -s main"

[*-vps]
prog=mosh
--predict=experimental
--predict-overwrite=

• config section title is matching ssh host of ~/.ssh/config
• prog and extra is the same of command argument
• other configs are parameters specific to the choosing prog

EXPECT_CONFIG

[ssh-host]
prompt = Welcome to HOST
user = Username
password = P@ssw0rd

• config section title is matching ssh host of ~/.ssh/config
• prompt is the indicator of successful connection in case not autodetected
• other configs key is trigger keyword, value is auto fill response

COPY_CONFIG

[*]
start=b'\x21\x21'
end=b'\x26'
sshid=~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
hostname=/etc/hostname

In this example, when connected in a session: type !!sshid& will copy content of ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub into clipboard type !!hostname& will copy content of /etc/hostname into clipboard

if start not defined, default to \x60\x60 if end not defined, default to \x09