Prerequisites:
- Python Programming Language
- Paramiko Module
For more information on how to install Python and define Environment Variables for ‘pip’ to work, refer to How to Install Python
To install Paramiko, which is an SSH client for Python, open ‘cmd’ and type:
pip install paramiko
Basic SSH connectivity with Python to execute SINGLE command
Set up your router. Assumption is that you should know how to do it already.
In file ssh.py:
import paramiko
host = '192.168.1.66'
user = 'cisco'
secret = 'cisco'
port = 22
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) #Set policy to use when connecting to servers without a known host key
ssh.connect(hostname=host, username=user, password=secret, port=port)
After executing this script, you will be able to see second VTY session created by Paramico on the Router itself:
R1#sh user
Line User Host(s) Idle Location
*514 vty 0 cisco idle 00:00:00 192.168.1.110
515 vty 1 cisco idle 00:00:05 192.168.1.110
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