Securely copy a file from A to B using SSH

remote_copy.py

import paramiko
from scp import SCPClient

__author__ = "ibrahim@sikilabs.com"

"""
Example script: file scp
requirements:
  - paramiko==2.2.1
  - scp==0.10.2
"""


def sshcopy(host, username, keyfile, from_path, to_path):
    """
    simply securely copy a file from A to remote B
    :param host: B hostname or IP
    :param username: B username
    :param keyfile: SSH private key file to connect to B
    :param from_path: absolute path of file in A to copy
    :param to_path: absolute path of folder in B to copy into
    :return: None
    """

    client = paramiko.SSHClient()
    pkey = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key(keyfile)
    client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
    client.connect(hotsname=host, username=username, pkey=pkey)
    cp = SCPClient(client.get_transport())
    cp.put(from_path, to_path)
    client.close()