Resource utilization check using python Fabric

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Python Fabric module can be used for checking the resource utilization in a server remotely.

# Import Modules
import argparse
from fabric import Connection

# Define user inputs
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--hostname", required=True, help="Server IP or IP Address")
parser.add_argument("--username", required=True, help="Username")
parser.add_argument("--keyfile", required=True, help="Keyfile")
parser.add_argument("--option", required=True, type=int, choices=[1, 2, 3], help="[1] CPU [2] Memory [3] Disk")
args = parser.parse_args()

# Create a session
session = Connection(
   host = args.hostname,
   user = args.username,
   connect_kwargs={
       "key_filename": args.keyfile
   },
   connect_timeout=30,
   )
# Define functions
def cpu_check(c):
       command = "echo '-----CPU Load-----'; w"
       return c.run(command, hide=True).stdout.strip()

def memory_check(c):
       command = "echo '-----Memory Usage-----'; free -m"
       return c.run(command, hide=True).stdout.strip()

def disk_check(c):
       command = "echo '-----Disk Usage-----'; df -h"
       return c.run(command, hide=True).stdout.strip()

# Get the operating system/kernel
uname = session.run('uname -s', hide=True)

# Execute functions based on the input option
if 'Linux' in uname.stdout:
   if args.option == 1:
       print(cpu_check(session))
   elif args.option == 2:
       print(memory_check(session))
   elif args.option == 3:
       print(disk_check(session))
   else:
       print("Please enter a valid option")
else:
   print(f"Unable to get the details as the server has {uname} operating system!")

Inputs to the script:

  1. Hostname : Server IP address or Hostname

  2. Login username

  3. SSH key file

  4. Option (1. CPU, 2. Memory, 3. Disk)

$ python python-ssh-fabric.py --hostname <IP Address> --username ubuntu --keyfile <SSH key file> --option 1
-----CPU Load-----
 18:43:06 up 10:48,  0 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

$ python python-ssh-fabric.py --hostname <IP Address> --username ubuntu --keyfile <SSH key file> --option 2
-----Memory usage-----
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:             949         172         265           0         511         620
Swap:              0           0           0

$ python python-ssh-fabric.py --hostname <IP Address> --username ubuntu --keyfile <SSH key file> --option 3
-----Disk usage-----
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root       7.6G  1.7G  6.0G  22% /
tmpfs           475M     0  475M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           190M  832K  190M   1% /run
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
/dev/xvda15     105M  6.1M   99M   6% /boot/efi
tmpfs            95M  4.0K   95M   1% /run/user/1000

Reference:

https://www.fabfile.org/

https://docs.fabfile.org/en/latest/api/connection.html#connect-kwargs-arg

https://docs.fabfile.org/en/latest/concepts/authentication.html

https://www.fabfile.org/faq.html

https://www.fabfile.org/installing.html