Questions tagged [parallel-ssh]
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pssh'
I am using python3.9 and I got the following error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pssh'
on trying to use the library as follows: -
from pssh.clients import ParallelSSHClient.
I tried installing pssh as follows: -
pip install pssh (inside a…

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How to connect to multiple servers through ssh with different hosts & passwords in python?
How to connect to multiple servers through ssh with different hosts & passwords in python?
I've tried to use Parallel-ssh. But I was unable to connect to multiple servers that had a different password.
Example from there documentation for a single…

poop
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Issues using pssh -I option in bash script
I'm trying to use the -I option of pssh (parallel ssh) in a bash script and am having difficulties. This option should allow you to execute a script on your local machine on a remote machine. I've tried doing a very simple one for testing but…

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parallel ssh (pssh) with output stream
I have 3 servers and I want to run a command on all of them parallely from a client and see the output as it streams.
I have tried using pssh but it shows output only when the command exits. But what I want is the output from all the servers on the…

MeV
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Can't find input file libssh2.lib using pip install parallel-ssh
I'm trying to install a python package on Windows 10 and am getting the following output from the command line. Error is being thrown while building the wheel for the dependency ssh2-python
Building wheel for ssh2-python (setup.py) ... error
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Eric Gilbertson
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Python package install parallel-ssh for Windows 10
I am new to Python and trying to get this package to download and install.
From what I am reading the PIP installs the package to my PC and then complies into an executable binary in the…
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How to list directory files in SFTP using parallel-ssh?
I have the following code which successfully connects to an SFTP server and copies a file from remote to local.
But how can I list directory contents?
Running the command 'ls' fails
import pssh.clients, pssh.utils
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Diego Alonso
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Failing to pip install parallel-ssh on Macos Monterey
I am trying to install parallel-ssh (pip install parallel-ssh) on MacOs Monterey but failing with the following error. I also tried to install parallel-ssh through Pycharm and failed. Does anyone have any idea on how to resolve this?
Building…

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Pyhon Parallel-Ssh Sending Commands In Loop In a Single Shell Does Not Work
I have been trying to send a single command in a loop for a single client in a single shell because different commands need to go before the loop to get into a terminal using Parallel-ssh.
Code:
pclient = ParallelSSHClient(['ipaddress'],…

Amit Shachar
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Python Parallel SSH - Netmiko/Napalm - Cisco SMB switches stuck at sending command
I am trying to determine vendor + version (using python NAPALM and parallel-ssh) of network switches (Huawei VRP5/8, Cisco Catalyst and Cisco SMB (SF/SG):
admin@server:~$ python3
Python 3.8.10 (default, Nov 26 2021, 20:14:08)
[GCC 9.3.0] on…

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Python Parallel SSH - How to pass multiple username and password
I am trying to do parallel SSH using ParallelSSHClient.
When I run as
hosts = ['x.x.x.x', 'y.y.y.y']
ParallelSSHClient (hosts, 'user', 'pass')
It is working fine. But what if the username and password varies for x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y?
I have to pass…

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Python: send ssh command to multiple servers with parallel-ssh, get total failure if one of them is unavailable
I use this way:
servers = ["192.168.100.161", "192.168.100.162", "192.168.100.163"]
top_command = "top -b -n 1"
host_config = make_host_config(servers)
client = ParallelSSHClient(servers, timeout=2, num_retries=1, retry_delay=1,…

Victor Akhlynin
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Python - Telnet or SSH multiple devices
I am currently using telnetlib and paramiko to connect to a server and gather some configuration from it. It took around 30 minutes to gather configuration of 50 servers. But now I need to connect around 50k servers. So by this method this is going…

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How to type the credentials manually in Parallel-SSH or Paramiko
I am trying to create a script that will run commands over my 1000 Cisco devices.
The device model is: Cisco Sx220 Series Switch Software, Version 1.1.4.1
The issue is that there is some kind of strange behavior for some of those Cisco devices.
When…

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ParallelSSHClient() with IPv6
What's the correct way to specify IPv6 addresses to ParallelSSHClient?
Not much is said here:
https://parallel-ssh.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html
I've tried like [xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx] and also without the square…

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