I'm attempting to automate and centralize some system administration and deployment tasks, and I've hacked together an ssh wrapper module that works for my initial needs, essentially: 

   $cmd->{output} = qx($cmd_str);
   if ( defined $cmd->{output} ) {
      $cmd->{child_ret_code} = $?;
      chomp $cmd->{output};
   }
   else {
      ($cmd->{sys_ret_code}, $cmd->{sys_ret_msg}) = ($!, '|'.$!.'|');
   }

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but I'm assuming this falls under the column heading:

Problems that have been Solved Before

And sure enough I found Net::SSH::Perl. However ...

The most recent node I found in the monastery referencing Net::SSH::Perl is from 2008.

And while the current version of Net::SSH::Perl on CPAN is 2.01 from April of 2016, the most recent rpm I can find is 1.42, which sent me down a rabbit hole of dependencies.

My question then is in two parts, first, is there a better and/or more current module that provides the functionality of Net::SSH::Perl, and if not, is there a cleaner, easier way to get it installed on a Centos 7 instance, which requires an rpm?

Thanks,
cbeckley

In reply to Is Net::SSH::Perl still supported? Can I install it on Centos 7? by cbeckley

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