Install Paramiko

For ssh... Thanks to Al Reid

https://gns3.com/discussions/docker-ubuntu-quick-setup-guides

Install Netmiko/Paramiko

apt-get update

apt-get install python -y

apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev -y

apt-get install python-pip -y

pip install cryptography

pip install paramiko

Or to install Netmiko

pip install netmiko

Install Ansible

apt-get update

apt-get install software-properties-common

apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible

press "enter" to confirm the addition of repository

apt-get update

apt-get install ansible

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Then enable SSH on Switch.

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How to Forwarding USB Devices on Oracle VirtualBox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM4nxSCWEac

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

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Enabling ssh only in SW

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import paramiko
	import time
	ip_address = "192.168.122.72"
	username = "adrian"
	password = "cisco"
	ssh_client = paramiko.SSHClient()
	ssh_client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
	ssh_client.connect(hostname=ip_address,username=username,password=password)
	print "Successful connection", ip_address
	remote_connection = ssh_client.invoke_shell()
	remote_connection.send("configure terminal\n")
	remote_connection.send("int loop 0\n")
	remote_connection.send("ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255\n")
	remote_connection.send("int loop 1\n")
	remote_connection.send("ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255\n")
	remote_connection.send("router ospf 1\n")
	remote_connection.send("network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 area 0\n")
	for n in range (2,21):
	print "Creating VLAN " + str(n)
	remote_connection.send("vlan " + str(n) + "\n")
	remote_connection.send("name Python_VLAN " + str(n) + "\n")
	time.sleep(0.5)
	remote_connection.send("end\n")
	time.sleep(1)
	output = remote_connection.recv(65535)
	print output
	ssh_client.close