This container provides the base Python container with a SSH server preinstalled that can be used to connect to the Python interpreter and upload files remotely, i.e. using PyCharm.

By default, a non-root user, created on the Dockerfile, is used for normal operations. Is recommended to connect SSH using this non-root user, using the username pythonssh and the password sshpass by default.

docker run -d -p 2222:22 --name pythonssh davidlor/python-ssh

• Change -p 2222:22 if you want to change the exposed port on the host machine (2222 to other prefered port)
• Change the --name "pythonssh" if you want

If required, root user can be connected through SSH. However, you must set root password manually, following these steps:

• Enable root login on SSH (from within the container):
  • Deploy a Docker container using this image as usual
  • Run bash on it as root: docker exec -it -u root pythonssh bash (replace pythonssh with the container name or ID)
  • Once you are inside the container, run: echo "PermitRootLogin yes" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • Restart SSH service running service ssh restart
• Set a password for root:
  • Once you are inside the container, run passwd and you will be asked for a new password for the user root
  • Run exit when done to quit the container
• Now you can login with root through SSH

Mountpoints are defined on Dockerfile, so volumes will be automatically created if you do not define them.

• You can mount the .ssh directory for the non-root user, to manage the valid SSH keys used to connect through SSH.
  • Location: /home/pythonssh/.ssh (being pythonssh the username of the non-root account)
• You can mount the /etc/ssh directory for keeping the ssh config files on a persistent volume
  • Location: /etc/ssh

Notice that the latest Python executable is located at /usr/local/bin/python. You must input this route i.e. in PyCharm.

Usage instructions for PyCharm

You can build your own image using this repository. This can be useful for changing the username/password or building for other platforms.

git clone https://github.com/Pythoneiro/Dockerized-Python-SSH.git
docker build -t "local/python-ssh" --build-arg USERNAME=pythonssh --build-arg USERPASS=sshpass Dockerized-Python-SSH

• change local/python-ssh by your custom desired image name
• change pythonssh by your custom desired username
• change sshpass by your custom desired user password

• Customize user/password by ENV variables or "secret file"
• Set SSH log level for getting an output on /var/log/auth.log
• Install sudo