steelcut

Steelcut

Introduction

The "steelcut" library provides a comprehensive suite of functionalities to manage Unix hosts, focusing on tasks related to SSH connections, package management, file operations, system information retrieval, and host grouping.

Functionalities

SSH Connection Management: Functions like Dial enable establishing SSH connections with given network configurations, addresses, client config, and timeouts.

Host Management: Various HostOptions, including setting the user, password, OS, key passphrase, and SSH client for a Unix host. Functions like IsReachable, ping, and sshable help to determine host accessibility.

File Operations: Abilities to copy files between local and remote paths, create and delete directories, and set or get file permissions.

Command Execution: Execution of commands both locally and remotely. Options for running commands with superuser privileges are also provided.

Host Grouping: Creation and management of host groups with functionalities like running commands on all hosts in a group.

Package Management: Extensive package management functionalities, including listing, adding, removing, and upgrading packages. Specific methods are provided for different package managers like Yum, Apt, and Brew.

System Information Retrieval: Functions to retrieve CPU, memory, and disk usage, along with listing running processes.

Specialized Host Functions: Specific functionalities for Linux and MacOS hosts, including rebooting, shutting down, and checking updates.

SSH Key Management: Reading private keys from different sources, including the SSH agent and the user's home directory.

Unix Host Operations: General operations on Unix hosts, like setting and getting permissions, creating and deleting directories, etc.

Summary

In summary, steelcut is a feature-rich library designed to ease the process of managing and interacting with Unix hosts. Its diverse functionalities make it suitable for a broad range of tasks, from basic file operations to complex system management and orchestration.