multiprocess_ssh.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import ssh
from multiprocessing import Pool
import getpass

hostnames = [HOST1, HOST2]
user = USERNAME
pw = getpass.getpass("Enter ssh password:")

def processFunc(hostname):
    handle = ssh.SSHClient()
    handle.set_missing_host_key_policy(ssh.AutoAddPolicy())
    handle.connect(hostname, username=user, password=pw)
    print("child")
    stdin, stdout, stderr = handle.exec_command("ls -l /var/log; sleep 5")
    cmdOutput = ""
    while True:
        try:
            cmdOutput += stdout.next()
        except StopIteration:
            break
    print("Got output from host %s:%s" % (hostname, cmdOutput))
    handle.close()

pool = Pool(len(hostnames))
pool.map(processFunc, hostnames, 1)
pool.close()
pool.join()

## If you want to compare speed:
# for hostname in hostnames:
#     processFunc(hostname)