sshFRIEND 0.0.11

A generic and platform agnostic SSH module to access and send commands to remote devices that support OpenSSH

Project description

SSH Client Package

#Simple, Fast and Secure method to:

• Create automated tools to back-up Routers, Switches and Access-Points

• Create automated tools for dynamic network configuration generation

• Create automated tools for configurations roll-out

• Create automated tools for network devices audit

• Create automated tools for network devices inventory generation

• Create automated tools for network devices troubleshooting

##How to use the Package.

###How to send a single command to a remote host ‘in global config mode’

#####Download the package in your computer

pip install sshFRIEND

#####Inside your script, do the following:

• from sshFRIEND.ssh_connector import *

• hostname = “your hostname here”

• username = “your username here”

• password = “your password here”

• cmd = “show running-config”

• channel = ssh_connector(hostname, username, password)

• output = send_cmd(cmd, channel)

• print(output)

###How to send a single command to a remote host ‘in config mode’

#####Inside your script, do the following:

• from sshFRIEND.ssh_connector import *

• hostname = “your hostname here”

• username = “your username here”

• password = “your password here”

• cmd = “show running-config”

• channel = ssh_connector(hostname, username, password)

• output = send_config_cmd(cmd, channel)

• print(output)

###How to send multiple commands to a remote host ‘in global config mode’

#####Inside your script, do the following:

• from sshFRIEND.ssh_connector import *

• hostname = “your hostname here”

• username = “your username here”

• password = “your password here”

• list_of_commands = [“show running-config”, “show running-config”]

• channel = ssh_connector(hostname, username, password)

• output = send_cmds(list_of_commands, channel)

• print(output)

###How to send multiple commands to a remote host ‘in config mode’

##### Inside your script, do the following:

• from sshFRIEND.ssh_connector import *

• hostname = “your hostname here”

• username = “your username here”

• password = “your password here”

• list_of_commands = [“show running-config”, “show running-config”]

• channel = ssh_connector(hostname, username, password)

• output = send_config_cmds(list_of_commands, channel)

• print(output)