plinux 1.1.7

The cross-platform tool to execute bash commands remotely.

Plinux

Cross-platform tool to work with remote Linux OS.

Plinux based on paramiko project. It can establish ssh connection to a remote server, execute command as user or with sudo rights. Plinux returns object with exit code, sent command, stdout/sdtderr response.

Installation

For most users, the recommended method to install is via pip:

pip install plinux

Import

from plinux import Plinux

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Usage

Command from usual user:

from plinux import Plinux

client = Plinux(host="172.16.0.124", username="bobby", password="qawsedrf")
response = client.run_cmd("hostname")
print(response.stdout)  # WebServer
print(response.ok)  # True

Command using sudo:

from plinux import Plinux

client = Plinux(host="172.16.0.124", username="bobby", password="qawsedrf", logger_enabled=True)
response = client.run_cmd("systemctl stop myservicename.service", sudo=True)

print(response)  # ResponseParser(response=(0, None, None, "sudo -S -p '' -- sh -c 'systemctl stop myservicename.service'"))
print(response.command)  # sudo -S -p '' -- sh -c 'systemctl stop myservicename.service'
print(response.exited)  # 0

SFTP usage:

from plinux import Plinux

tool = Plinux(host="ftp.test.local", username="bobby", password="qawsedrf")
sftp = tool.sftp
print(sftp.listdir())

SQLite3 usage:

from plinux import Plinux

client = Plinux(host="cdn1.test.local", username="bobby", password="qawsedrf")

db_path = '/opt/ProductName/nxdb/StorageConfig.db'
sql = 'select Data from DtoDataContainer'
db = client.sqlite3(db_path, sql).json()
print(db)  # {"Settings1": 1, "Settings2": 2...,"Settings10": 10}
print(db['Setting1'])  # {"Settings1": 1}

Aliases

Some methods have "human commands" and aliases:

• client.run_cmd("ls /home/bobby")
• client.list_dir("/home/bobby")
• client.ls("/home/bobby")

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Changelog

1.1.7 (21.12.2020)

logger extended to catch destination host

1.1.6 (29.11.2020)

sqlite3 method updated to accept external parameters like "-line -header"

1.1.5 (07.11.2020)

sqlite3 method added

1.1.4 (06.11.2020)

• added 'sftp' property explicitly
• 'cat', 'check_exists', 'get_json' now support sudo usage

1.1.3 (08.08.2020)

get_pid method added

1.1.2 (25.04.2020)

• send_cmd deprecated
• fix password prompt in stderr

1.1.1 (29.03.2020)

get_md5 method added

1.1.0 (19.03.2020)

ResponseParser extended with json()

1.0.9 (28.02.2020)

Log filehandler writes in utf8 from now

1.0.8 (06.02.2020)

get_file_permission extended:

• added faq
• added "human=False" param returns access rights in human readable form otherwise in in octal
• added alias "stat"

1.0.7 (30.01.2020)

• ResponseParser methods notation changed.
  • stdout -> str
  • stderr -> str
  • exited -> int
  • ok -> bool
  • command -> str

1.0.6 (29.01.2020)

• kill_user_session method added

1.0.5 (26.01.2020)

• logging refactored to avoid multiple log entries