ftp/ssh/shell/filezilla Flashcards
ftp: to log into ftp connection using python, type
import ftplib
ftp = ftplib.FTP(‘ftp.example.com’,’usename@example.com’,’password’)
ftp: To check the type of server
go to the site in chrome, open the network tab, and in the response header it will say
ftp: If you want to check the operating system you can use
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report/
ssh: SSH allows
remote shell access and as slow encrypted file transfer
ssh: many hosting providers do not provide ssh access because
there have been cases of users of a shared server accessing each others files
ftp: ftp is mainly used for
making files publicly available through a browser, or transfering files to and from a server
ssh: ssh stands for
secured shell
ftp: ftp cannot
run shell commands
ftp: To upload an entire directory recursively, type
import ftplib
import os
ftp = ftplib.FTP(‘ftp.example.com’,’usename@example.com’,’password’)
my_file_path = r’/users/path/’
def upload_this(path):
files = os.listdir(path)
os.chdir(path)
for f in files:
if os.path.isfile(path + r’/{}’.format(f)):
fh = open(f, ‘rb’)
ftp.storbinary(‘STOR %s’ % f, fh)
fh.close()
elif os.path.isdir(path + r’/{}’.format(f)):
ftp.mkd(f)
ftp.cwd(f)
upload_this(path + r’/{}’.format(f))
ftp.cwd(‘..’)
os.chdir(‘..’)
upload_this(my_file_path)
ftp: To return your current directory, type
ftp.pwd()
ssh: To end an ssh connection, type
return
return
~.
note: returns are necessary
pythonanywhere: To ssh into pythonanywhere, type
ssh username@ssh.pythonanywhere.com
ssh: To copy a local file into a server through ssh, type
scp /path/file.py username@host.com:/path/folder
ssh: To copy a local file into pythonanywhere through ssh, type
scp ssh.py bigintro@ssh.pythonanywhere.com:/home/bigintro
ssh: To copy a file from a remote server to local, type
scp username@host.com:/path/folder /path/file.py
ssh: To copy entire folders, type
scp -r /path/folder username@host.com:/path/folder
note: cannot create to folders by appending them to the path of the destination
ssh: to set the name of the file that gets sent through scp, type
scp /path/file.py username@host.com:/path/folder/chosen_file_name.py
ssh: To ssh in python use
paramiko
ssh: To download something from unix command line, use
wget
html: To create a self signed ssl certificated on a server
go to home/username mkdir certificates cd certificates openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout mycert.pem -out mycert.pem Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
ipython: To locate .ipython, type
ipython locate
pythonanywhere: To send my app to pythonanywhere from the shell
set up environment variables
collectstatic locally
rsync -r –delete-after project_folder/ bigintro@ssh.pythonanywhere.com:/home/bigintro/project_folder/
makemigrations and migrate in the app
ssh: To sync a local folder with a remote one while deleting extraneous files, type
rsync -r –delete-after project_folder/ bigintro@ssh.pythonanywhere.com:/home/bigintro/project_folder/
note: If there is no trailing slash, you will pass in the entire directory, and if there is you will pass in the contents
note: make sure remote app doesn’t use sqlite or it will be overwritten
git: To download a directory from github, type
git clone https://repo.git
filezilla: If you are connectting via sftp instead of ftp, you must
precede the host (ip of server) with sftp://
filezilla: To transfer files to server or download
navigate to the file in your local file viewer and simply drag it into the folder you want, and to download, drag the file from the remote viewer into the local.
