:mod:`cloudmesh-configuration.cloudmesh.configuration.security.ssh_config`
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.. py:module:: cloudmesh-configuration.cloudmesh.configuration.security.ssh_config

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Managing ~/.ssh/config



Module Contents
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Classes
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.. autoapisummary::

   cloudmesh-configuration.cloudmesh.configuration.security.ssh_config.ssh_config



.. class:: ssh_config(filename=None)


   Bases: :class:`object`

   Managing the config in .ssh

   .. method:: names(self)

      The names defined in ~/.ssh/config
      :return: the names


   .. method:: load(self)

      list the hosts defined in the ssh config file


   .. method:: list(self)

      list the hosts in the config file
      :return:


   .. method:: __str__(self)

      The string representing the config file
      :return: the string representation


   .. method:: status(self)
      :abstractmethod:

      executes a test with the given ssh config if a login is possible.

      TODO: not yet implemented


   .. method:: login(self, name)

      login to the host defines in .ssh/config by name
      :param name: the name of the host as defined in the config file
      :return:


   .. method:: execute(self, name, command)

      execute the command on the named host
      :param name: the name of the host in config
      :param command: the command to be executed
      :return:


   .. method:: local(self, command)

      execute the command on the localhost
      :param command: the command to execute
      :return:


   .. method:: username(self, host)

      returns the username for a given host in the config file
      :param host: the hostname
      :return: the username


   .. method:: generate(self, key='india', host='india.futuresystems.org', username=None, force=False, verbose=False)

      adds a host to the config file with given parameters.

      :param key: the key
      :param host: the host
      :param username: the username
      :param force: not used
      :param verbose: prints debug messages
      :return:



.. data:: hosts