How to execute remote commands from python over ssh connection

There are a number of possible solution for Python that allow you to execute a command remotely. Below is a list of libraries/modules I found when researching it.

1. paramiko
http://www.lag.net/paramiko/
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/paramiko/1.7.7.2


2. ssh module ( a wrapper for paramiko)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1939107/python-libraries-for-ssh-handling
http://media.commandline.org.uk/code/ssh.txt


3. pythion binding to C libssh library
http://www.no-ack.org/2010/11/python-bindings-for-libssh2.html


4. fabric
http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.4.3/index.html>


5. python SSH module (base on the paramiko)
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ssh/1.7.11 
https://github.com/bitprophet/ssh

An interesting introduction to the paramiko can be found here: SSH Programming with Paramiko

This is a simple python example as well.

	import paramiko
	ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
	ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy( paramiko.AutoAddPolicy() )
	ssh.connect('5.79.4.10', username='root', password='7raW6nS6Krttest')
	stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('echo text on stdout stream; echo text on stderror stream 1>&2')
	print("reading outputs from the remote command")
	for l in stdout :
	print("stdout : %s" % l.strip())
	for l in stderr:
	print("stderr : %s" % l.strip())
	ssh.close()

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