start_stop_ssh_server
Start and Stop SSH Server in Ubuntu Linux
Start
sudo systemctl start ssh
Stop
sudo systemctl stop ssh
Restart
sudo systemctl restart ssh
Status
sudo systemctl status ssh
Helper Scripts
Bash
- ssh_server_control
#!/usr/bin/bash if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then echo "Usage: $0 arg1" echo " where arg1 is one of:" echo " start" echo " stop" echo " status" exit 1 fi if [ "$1" == "status" ]; then sudo systemctl status ssh fi if [ "$1" == "start" ]; then sudo systemctl start ssh fi if [ "$1" == "stop" ]; then sudo systemctl stop ssh fi
Python
- ssh_server_control.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3 import argparse import shlex import subprocess def run_process(process_name): """ Run the given process. """ return subprocess.run(shlex.split(process_name)) if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( prog="ssh_server_control", description="Start, stop, or show the status of the SSH server.", ) _ = parser.add_argument( "--start", action="store_true", default=False, help="Start the SSH server" ) _ = parser.add_argument( "--stop", action="store_true", default=False, help="Stop the SSH server" ) _ = parser.add_argument( "--status", action="store_true", default=False, help="Show the status of the SSH server", ) args = parser.parse_args() if args.start: run_process("sudo systemctl start ssh") if args.stop: run_process("sudo systemctl stop ssh") if args.status: run_process("sudo systemctl status ssh")
start_stop_ssh_server.txt · Last modified: by jimc
