SSH Connection

class remote_compression.ssh.SSH(hostname)

Context manager for making a paramiko connection with possible proxyjump.

Parameters:

hostname (str) – Destination. ~/.ssh/config will be used to retrieve extra parameters.

Examples

>>> with SSH('remote_host') as ssh:  
...     _stdin, _stdout,_stderr = ssh.exec_command("pwd")
...     print(_stdout.read().decode())
/home/fmathieu

remote_compression.ssh.get_config(hostname, config_path=None)

Parameters:

• hostname (str) – Destination

• config_path (str, optional) – Location of the openSSH config file if different from ~/.ssh/config.

Returns:

Parameters for destination

Return type:

dict

Examples

>>> get_config('my_machine')  
{'hostname': 'my_machine'}