Python script - connect to SSH and run command

Question

I already know there are ssh modules for Python, that's not for what I'm looking for. What I want to have is an python script to do the following:

1. > connect to an [ input by user ] SSH host
2. > connect using the credentials [ provided by the user ]
3. > run command on the SSH host [ telnet to [host - input by user ]
4. > Select menu item in the telnet session

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Answer 1

Use paramiko, see http://jessenoller.com/2009/02/05/ssh-programming-with-paramiko-completely-different/ for a through example of using it.

Answer 2

Use paramiko or the libssh2 python bindings.

Answer 3

now the popular solution is Fabric

Answer 4

If you're actually looking for a module that lets you automate CLI interaction, there's pexpect