---
id: python-rrmngmnt
version: "0.2.3"
license: GPL-2.0-only
license_treatment: copyleft
maintenance: active
---

# python-rrmngmnt — Tool to manage remote systems and services

License: copyleft · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 94.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

python-rrmngmnt is a library for remotely managing Linux machines and their services via SSH. It abstracts SSH connections and provides high-level interfaces to filesystem operations (file transfer, mount management), firewall rules, network configuration, package management (APT, YUM, DNF, RPM), system services (Systemd, SysVinit, InitCtl), OS information, and power control (SSH and IPMI). The package handles authentication via password or SSH keys, including support for key-based auth with disabled algorithms for legacy SSH servers and SSH ProxyCommand tunneling.

It is designed for infrastructure automation, testing, and system administration tasks where you need to script operations across remote Linux hosts. The library automatically detects the appropriate package manager and service manager on the target system, reducing boilerplate. All operations are performed over SSH, so no agents need to be installed on target machines.

Use it for:

- Automate deployment and configuration of services across multiple Linux servers in a test or production environment.
- Transfer files between local and remote systems, or between remote hosts, as part of infrastructure provisioning workflows.
- Query and manage firewall rules, network configuration, and system services on remote machines from a Python script.
- Detect the Linux distribution and OS version on remote hosts to conditionally apply configuration or install packages.
- Control host power state (restart, power on/off) via SSH or IPMI for lab automation or disaster recovery testing.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Manages remote Linux machines and services over SSH, providing interfaces for filesystem operations, firewall configuration, package management, system services, and power control.

Yes, if you need to automate Linux system administration and service management over SSH. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, and covers a broad range of remote management tasks. The GPL-2.0-only license is a hard constraint for proprietary projects; internal tools and open-source projects are fine. No known vulnerabilities. Verify compatibility with your target SSH configurations and scale requirements before committing to production use.

## Install

pip install python-rrmngmnt
uv add python-rrmngmnt
poetry add python-rrmngmnt

## Installing python-rrmngmnt

Before you install: Low install friction; pure Python wheel with three stable runtime dependencies (netaddr, paramiko, six). Actively maintained with a recent release and ongoing commits.

License in practice: GPL-2.0-only copyleft license; any derivative work or distribution must also be licensed under GPL-2.0-only. Acceptable for internal tools and open-source projects, but incompatible with proprietary software.

Quickstart:

from rrmngmnt import Host, RootUser

h = Host("10.11.12.13")
h.users.append(RootUser('password'))
exec = h.executor()
print(exec.run_cmd(['echo', 'Hello World']))

SSH server must be running on the target host; target must be a Linux-based machine.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package works with modern SSH implementations and key exchange algorithms beyond the examples shown.
- Performance characteristics when managing many hosts or large file transfers.
- Compatibility with containerized or cloud-native environments.

## Package facts

- License: GPL-2.0-only (copyleft)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 94.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

remote linux server management, ssh automation and control, remote system administration, linux host management library, remote service management, ssh-based infrastructure automation, remote filesystem and firewall control, ssh-automation, linux-admin, infrastructure-as-code

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