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pythonssherror-handlingparamiko

How do you handle errors raised in Python Paramiko?

self.ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
self.ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
try:
    self.ssh.connect(self.hostname, username=self.username, password=self.password)
except SSHException:
    #do something

I was wondering how to handle errors raised by Paramiko when trying to connect to an SSH server?

Solution

  • Depends on your application.

    Here are some possible actions:

    • Terminate
    • Retry
    • Log the error and continue doing something else