Paramiko overview

Let's look at a quick Paramiko example using the Python 3 interactive shell:

>>> import paramiko, time>>> connection = paramiko.SSHClient()>>> connection.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())>>> connection.connect('172.16.1.20', username='cisco', password='cisco', look_for_keys=False, allow_agent=False)>>> new_connection = connection.invoke_shell()>>> output = new_connection.recv(5000)>>> print(output)b"rn**************************************************************************rn* IOSv is strictly limited to use for evaluation, demonstration and IOS *rn* education. IOSv is provided as-is and is not supported by Cisco's *rn* Technical Advisory Center. Any use or disclosure, in whole or in part, *rn* of the ...

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