SSH with embeeded private key

ssh_paramiko_embeeded_private_key.py

import paramiko
import StringIO
 
rsakey_string = 'Put your RSA Private Key string here'
''' alternative method:
rsakey_string = open('/path/to/rsa_private_key_file').read()
'''
 
keyfile = StringIO.StringIO(rsakey_string)
mykey = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key(keyfile)
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect('myserver', username='ubuntu', pkey=mykey)
stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('uptime')
stdout.readlines()