ftp/ssh/shell/filezilla

Question 1

ftp: to log into ftp connection using python, type

Answer 1

import ftplib

ftp = ftplib.FTP(‘ftp.example.com’,’usename@example.com’,’password’)

Question 2

ftp: To check the type of server

Answer 2

go to the site in chrome, open the network tab, and in the response header it will say

Question 3

ftp: If you want to check the operating system you can use

Answer 3

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report/

Question 4

ssh: SSH allows

Answer 4

remote shell access and as slow encrypted file transfer

Question 5

ssh: many hosting providers do not provide ssh access because

Answer 5

there have been cases of users of a shared server accessing each others files

Question 6

ftp: ftp is mainly used for

Answer 6

making files publicly available through a browser, or transfering files to and from a server

Question 7

ssh: ssh stands for

Answer 7

secured shell

Question 8

ftp: ftp cannot

Answer 8

run shell commands

Question 9

ftp: To upload an entire directory recursively, type

Answer 9

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)

Question 10

ftp: To return your current directory, type

Answer 10

ftp.pwd()

Question 11

ssh: To end an ssh connection, type

Answer 11

return
return
~.
note: returns are necessary

Question 12

pythonanywhere: To ssh into pythonanywhere, type

Answer 12

ssh username@ssh.pythonanywhere.com

Question 13

ssh: To copy a local file into a server through ssh, type

Answer 13

scp /path/file.py username@host.com:/path/folder

Question 14

ssh: To copy a local file into pythonanywhere through ssh, type

Answer 14

scp ssh.py bigintro@ssh.pythonanywhere.com:/home/bigintro

Question 15

ssh: To copy a file from a remote server to local, type

Answer 15

scp username@host.com:/path/folder /path/file.py

Question 16

ssh: To copy entire folders, type

Answer 16

scp -r /path/folder username@host.com:/path/folder

note: cannot create to folders by appending them to the path of the destination

Question 17

ssh: to set the name of the file that gets sent through scp, type

Answer 17

scp /path/file.py username@host.com:/path/folder/chosen_file_name.py

Question 18

ssh: To ssh in python use

Answer 18

paramiko

Question 19

ssh: To download something from unix command line, use

Answer 19

wget

Question 20

html: To create a self signed ssl certificated on a server

Answer 20

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

Question 21

ipython: To locate .ipython, type

Answer 21

ipython locate

Question 22

pythonanywhere: To send my app to pythonanywhere from the shell

Answer 22

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

Question 23

ssh: To sync a local folder with a remote one while deleting extraneous files, type

Answer 23

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

Question 24

git: To download a directory from github, type

Answer 24

git clone https://repo.git

Question 25

filezilla: If you are connectting via sftp instead of ftp, you must

Answer 25

precede the host (ip of server) with sftp://

Question 26

filezilla: To transfer files to server or download

Answer 26

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.