Mastering Python Networking

Putting things together for Paramiko

We are almost at the end of the chapter. In this last section, let's make the Paramiko program more reusable. There is one downside for our existing script; we need to open up the script every time we want to add or delete a host; or whenever we need to change the commands we have to execute on the remote host. Besides having a higher chance for mistakes, how about when you need to let your co-workers or NOC use the script? They might not feel comfortable working in Python, Paramiko, or Linux.

By making both the hosts and commands files that we read in as a parameter for the script, we can eliminate some of these concerns. The users (and a future you) can simply modify these text files when you need to ...