[Tutor] Help on Remote File Copy & Exection

[Alan Gauld]

On 25/10/12 10:26, Arumugam N wrote:

> 1. Revert the snapshot of a VM used for testing. - i have automated
> using pysphere
> 2. Copy the build from share location to the VM - here i can have a
> python script run from the VM but is it possible to run it remotely? for
> example. if i run the script from Machine A, it should revert the
> snapshot of machine B and copy the build to Machine B from shared location.

This should be possible using the same commands you'd use if done from a 
command line. Or if the VM is accessible via the network you might be 
able to do it that way. But given we have no information about the 
environment - what OS, what VM etc? Its impossible to say. Its also a 
bit off the normal topics for the tutor lkist

> 3. Run the installer and clikc Next Button of the installation GUI. -
> Any idea how to automate this ?

subprocess can probably run  the installer, clicking a GUI button will 
depend on the OS. For example in windows you could use ctypes to access 
the win32 API to send a mouse click message to the installer app... not 
trivial, but not impossible either.

No idea how you'd do it on *nix or MacOS.

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