Paramiko channel stucks when reading large ouput

Question

I have a code where i am executing a command on remote Linux machine and reading the output using Paramiko. The code def looks like this:

ssh = paramiko.SSHC         


        

Answer 1

To have paramiko commands behave like a subprocess.call you may use this piece of code (tested with python-3.5 and paramiko-2.1.1):

#!/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/python3                                                

import os                                                                  
import sys                                                                                                                    
from paramiko import SSHClient, AutoAddPolicy               
from socket import getfqdn                                       

class SecureSHell(object):                                                 
    reuser = os.environ['USER']                                            
    remote = ''                                                            
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):                                   
        for arg in args:                                                   
            if hasattr(self, arg):                                         
                setattr(self, arg, True)                                   
        for (key, val) in kwargs.items():                                  
            if hasattr(self, key):                                         
                setattr(self, key, val)

    @staticmethod                                                          
    def _ssh_(remote, reuser, port=22):                                    
        if '@' in remote:                                                  
            _reuser, remote = remote.split('@')                            
        _fqdn = getfqdn(remote)                                            
        remote = _fqdn if _fqdn else remote                                
        ssh = SSHClient()                                                  
        ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(AutoAddPolicy()) 
        ssh.connect(remote, int(port), username=reuser)                                                                     
        return ssh                                                         

    def call(self, cmd, remote=None, reuser=None):                         
        remote = remote if remote else self.remote                         
        reuser = reuser if reuser else self.reuser              
        ssh = self._ssh_(remote, reuser)                                   
        chn = ssh.get_transport().open_session()                           
        chn.settimeout(10800)                                              
        chn.exec_command(cmd)                                              
        while not chn.exit_status_ready():                                 
            if chn.recv_ready():                                           
                och = chn.recv(1024)                                       
                while och:                                                 
                    sys.stdout.write(och.decode())                         
                    och = chn.recv(1024)                                   
            if chn.recv_stderr_ready():                                    
                ech = chn.recv_stderr(1024)                                
                while ech:                                                 
                    sys.stderr.write(och.decode())                         
                    ech = chn.recv_stderr(1024)                            
        return int(chn.recv_exit_status())                                 

ssh = SecureSHell(remote='example.com', user='d0n')                       
ssh.call('find')