Sponge - Automated console connection and command execution

Introduction

Sponge was designed to automate remote host connections and command execution in the following situations:

• To connect to a remote server that you reach after jumping through multiple hosts
• When the connection chain implies multiple protocols, such as telnet, ssh, curses menus, etc (by now, only ssh support included)

Configuration

• Once downloaded, copy files commands.xml and servers.xml to your $HOME/.sponge directory
• Edit servers.xml and fill it with your server configuration and customize the commands with the ones you want to use in commands.xml.

Requirements

Python 2.5+

Pexpect >=2.3