Package DataCollector :: Module SshClient

Module SshClient

Classes

SshClientError
Exception class

SshClientTransport
Base client class for constructing Twisted Conch services.

SshUserAuth
Class to gather credentials for use with our SSH connection, and use them to authenticate against the remote device.

SshConnection
Wrapper class that starts channels on top of connections.

CommandChannel
The class that actually interfaces between Zenoss and the device.

SshClient
SSH Collector class to connect to a particular device

Functions

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sendEvent(self, message="", device='', severity=Event.Error)
Shortcut version of sendEvent()

source code

main()
Test harness main()

source code

Variables

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__doc__ = """SshClient runs commands on a remote box using SSH...

log = logging.getLogger("zen.SshClient")

Function Details

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sendEvent(self, message="", device='', severity=Event.Error)

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Shortcut version of sendEvent()

Parameters:

message (string) - message to send in Zenoss event
device (string) - hostname of device to which this event is associated
severity (integer) - Zenoss severity from Products.ZenEvents

main()

source code

Test harness main()

Usage:

python SshClient.py hostname[:port] comand [command]

Each command must be enclosed in quotes (") to be interpreted properly as a complete unit.

Variables Details

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doc

Value:

"""SshClient runs commands on a remote box using SSH and
returns their results.

See http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Documentation for Twisted docum
entation,
specifically documentation on 'conch' (Twisted's SSH protocol support)
.
"""