Setup a Static IP for Python SFTP using Paramiko & QGTunnel

Learn how to route Python SFTP file transfers through a QuotaGuard Static IP using Paramiko and QGTunnel.

Prerequisites

# install required pip
pip install paramiko

# install QGTunnel
curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/quotaguard/qgtunnel-latest.tar.gz | tar xz

Instructions

Run example

QUOTAGUARDSTATIC_URL=... bin/qgtunnel python app.py

Be sure to set QUOTAGUARDSTATIC_URL to your proxy URL from the QuotaGuard Dashboard. Either the HTTP or the SOCKS URL will work because the QGTunnel program will convert to the right port number.

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Test in Docker

docker build -t qg-static-python-sftp-paramiko-example .
docker run -e QUOTAGUARDSTATIC_URL=... qg-static-python-sftp-paramiko-example

Code Samples

app.py

#/usr/bin/env python
import paramiko

if __name__ == '__main__':
    tport = paramiko.Transport(('test.rebex.net',2222))
    tport.connect(username='demo',password='password')

    sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(tport)
    sftp.get('readme.txt','readme.txt')
    sftp.close()

    tport.close()

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Docker File

FROM python:latest

#install paramiko
RUN pip install -U pip && \
    pip install paramiko

WORKDIR /app

#install qgtunnel
RUN curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/quotaguard/qgtunnel-latest.tar.gz | tar xz
ENV QGTUNNEL_DEBUG true

COPY .qgtunnel .qgtunnel
COPY app.py app.py
COPY .run.sh .run.sh

ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash", "/app/.run.sh" ]

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