Feature: Add slicli ssh login

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Expected Behavior

We need one cli can be directly login into baremetal or virtual machines

Actual Behavior

Currently we can’t login into baremetal via slcli ssh login bm01 like that

Environment Information

Operating System: softlayer-python version (slcli --version):

[sergiocarlosmorales]

To avoid manually having to copy SSH keys you can have SoftLayer automatically do it when a server is provisioned by leveraging the SSH Keys functionality of the API.

I have security concerns about having the SLCLI be able to directly log in to resources, in addition to the complications of accounting for conditions unique to each server as you can have SSH configured in many ways (if accesible at all) like network interface, port, users etc.

Let’s keep this open for discussion, in the interim you can leverage SSH keys API along with some scripting on your end to achieve what you need.

[allmightyspiff]

Coming back to this issue after 3 years, I think it is something that is just too complicated to maintain for us.

I’m going to close this issue as something we won’t be adding. Thanks for the suggestions though, I do appreciate them, even if this one won’t be added.