Server automation using paramiko

automate.py

import paramiko, time

def run_commands(ip_address, user, password, commandList, buff=5000):

	print "Configuring " + ip_address
	client = paramiko.SSHClient()
	client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
	client.connect(ip_address, username=user, password=password)
	chan = client.invoke_shell()

	if not isinstance(commandList, list):
		commandList = commandList.split('\n')
	for com in commandList:
		chan.send(com+'\n')
		time.sleep(1)
		output = chan.recv(buff)
		print output
	print

if __name__ == '__main__':
	# run_commands('50.1.1.1', 'vyos', 'vyos', ['echo $PATH'])
	cmds = ['echo $PATH']
	user = 'vyos'
	passwd = 'vyos'
	hosts = ['50.1.1.1','50.1.1.2']

	for h in hosts:
		run_commands(h, user, passwd, cmds)