Enchanter is a small library that helps you script SSH sessions in a manner similar to Expect. It comes in multiple flavors that support different scripting languages including Python, Ruby and BeanShell. This tool requires Java 5 or greater.

Here is an example script, 'date.py', that connects to a remote SSH server and gets the output of the 'date' command:

ssh.connect('myserver', 'myusername');
ssh.waitFor(':~>');
ssh.sendLine('date');
print 'Server date is '+ssh.getLine();
ssh.disconnect();

To execute this script with the script and enchanter jar in the current directory, run

java -jar enchanter-python-VERSION.jar date.py

Features

• Different builds to support Python, Ruby, and BeanShell scripts
• 'Learning Mode' to automatically build scripts based on observing an interactive SSH session
• Supports public key (RSA and DSA), password, and password-interactive authentication
• API similar to the ZOC telnet/SSH client

Latest release: 0.5.1

• Fixed missing RSA or DSA key not failing over properly to password-based authentication methods

Documentation

Common commands for the 'ssh' variable include:

For a full list of commands, see the SSH interface

Examples

Each scripting language build has its own examples:

• Python
• Ruby
• BeanShell

Comments or suggestions? Any feedback is appreciated.