Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

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 of 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 want to execute on the remote host. This is due to the fact that both the host and command information are statically entered inside of the script. Hardcoding the host and command has a higher chance of making mistakes. Besides, if you were to pass on the script to colleagues, they might not feel comfortable working in Python, Paramiko, or Linux.

By making both the host and command files be read in as parameters for the script, we ...