Robot Framework Telnet: EOFError: telnet connection closed - robotframework

I am connecting a network switch using telnet, please see my script below. This script keeps showing "EOFError: telnet connection closed" error message after running 80-90 iterations when executing the username command. I searched google and tried to find the root cause, unfortunately, no success. I would be thankful if you can guide me to address this issue:
*** Settings ***
Library Telnet
*** keyword ***
Telnet Connection
Telnet.Open Connection ${IP} prompt=$
Telnet.Set Prompt (>|#|> |# |:|Password:| |) prompt_is_regexp=true
Telnet.Execute Command username
Telnet.Execute Command password
Telnet.Execute Command show something
sleep 2s
Telnet.read
Telnet.Execute Command exit
sleep 2s
Telnet.read
*** Test Cases ***
Telnet Connection
:FOR ${I} IN RANGE 0 10000
\ Telnet Connection

Use Login keyword to connect: https://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/libraries/Telnet.html#Login
Check also:
https://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/libraries/Telnet.html#Connections
You can also get return value from Execute Command and log it on the screen with Log To Console keyword.

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About expected timeouts in RobotFramework SSHLibrary

I’m a newb with respect to Robot Framework.
I’m writing a test procedure that is expected to
connect to another machine
perform an image update (which causes the unit to close all services and reboot itself)
re-connect to the unit
run a command that returns a known string.
This is all supposed to happen within the __init__.robot module
What I have noticed is that I must invoke the upgrade procedure in a synchronous, or blocking way, like so
Execute Command sysupgrade upgrade.img
This succeeds in upgrading the unit, but the robotframework script hangs executing the command. I suspect this works because it keeps the ssh session alive long enough for the upgrade to reach a critical junction where the session is closed by the remote host, the host expects this, the upgrade continues, and this does not cause the upgrade to fail.
But the remote host appears to close the ssh session in such a way that the robotframework script does not detect it, and the script hangs indefinitely.
Trying to work around this, I tried invoking the remote command like so
Execute Command sysupgrade upgrade.img &
But then the update fails because the connection appear to drop and leaves the upgrade procedure incomplete.
If instead I execute it like this
Execute Command sysupgrade upgrade.img &
Sleep 600
Then this also fails, for some reason I am unable to deduce.
However, if I invoke it like this
Execute Command sysupgrade upgrade.img timeout=600
The the command succeeds in updating the unit, and after the set timeout period, the robotframework script does indeed resume, but since it has arrived at the timeout, the test has (from the point of view of robotframework) failed.
But this is actually an expected failure, and should be ignored. The rest of the script would then reconnect to the host and continue the remaining test(s)
Is there a way to treat the timeout condition as non-fatal?
Here is the code, as explained above, the __init__.robot initialization module is expected to perform the upgrade and then reconnect, leaving the other xyz.robot files to be run and continue testing the applications.
The __init__.robot file:
*** Settings ***
| Library | OperatingSystem |
| Library | SSHLibrary |
Suite Setup ValidationInit
Suite Teardown ValidationTeardown
*** Keywords ***
ValidationInit
Enable SSH Logging validation.log
Open Connection ${host}
Login ${username} ${password}
# Upload the firmware to the unit.
Put File ${firmware} upgrade.img scp=ALL
# Perform firmware upgrade on the unit.
log "Launch upgrade on unit"
Execute Command sysupgrade upgrade.img timeout=600
log "Restart comms"
Close All Connections
Open Connection ${host}
Login ${username} ${password}
ValidationTeardown
Close All Connections
log “End tests”
This should work :
Comment Change ssh client timeout configuration set client configuration timeout=600 Comment "Launch upgrade on unit" SSHLibrary.Write sysupgrade upgrade.img SSHLibrary.Read Until expectedResult Close All Connections
You can use 'Run Keyword And Ignore Error' to ignore the failgure. Or here I think you should use write command if you do not care the execution result.

How to telnet using Telnet library of Robot Framework where there is no login Password required for Telnet to server

How to telnet using Telnet library of Robot Framework where there is no login Password required for Telnet to server
My code is
*** Settings ***
Library Telnet
Test Teardown Close All Connections
*** Test Cases ***
Telnet to DUT
Open Connection 192.168.2.254
Login ls date login_prompt=# password_prompt=""
Execute Command ls
Just given ls and date to check since there is no username password required to connect. And by correct\expected prompt is #
And I am getting "ls" output as well but next time when it is expecting a Password prompt it is failing with the below error as there is no Password prompt
"No match found for '""' in 3 seconds. Output:"
Can someone pls help.. may be this is easy and I am not able to figure it out.
Thanks in advance
I got the answer, kindly ignore it.
Added prompt_is_regexp=yes prompt=# (This is expected prompt) in Open Connection and this worked.

Robot Framework: I got [Errno 10057] A request to send or receive data was disallowed after try to run Robot script for automate test Mainframe

I got the error: [Errno 10057] after I try to run Robot script for automate test Mainframe.
*** Settings ***
Library Mainframe3270
*** Test Cases ***
Example
Open Connection HostTest
Change Wait Time 0.9
Set Screenshot Folder C:\\Temp\\IMG
${value} Read 2 13 10
Take Screenshot
Close Connection
error: [Errno 10057] A request to send or receive data was disallowed because the socket is not connected and (when sending on a datagram socket using a sendto call) no address was supplied
I don't know what something wrong in my Robot code or configuration, can anyone explain please. This is my first time to do the Robot in Mainframe.

Robotframework and SSHLibrary issue with a network router

I am now trying to use SSHLibrary to ssh into a virtual router running on my PC and execute a simple ping test on the router and then present the result of the test case.
I can login to the router and also execute the command outside of the robotframework, but when I try to do this using robotframework I get a fail with an error message and not sure how i solve for this error message:
Here is my robotframework test script:
*** Settings ***
Library SSHLibrary
Suite Setup Open Connection And Log In
Suite Teardown Close All Connections
*** Variable ***
${HOST} 172.31.1.250
${USERNAME} admin
${PASSWORD} admin
*** Keywords ***
Open Connection And Log In
Open Connection ${HOST}
Login ${USERNAME} ${PASSWORD}
*** Test Cases ***
Ping test
${output} = Execute Command ping 1.1.1.1
Should Contain ${result.stdout} 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1
Here is the output I get when I execute the above test case:
==============================================================================
Sros
==============================================================================
Ping test | FAIL |
ChannelException: (1, 'Administratively prohibited')
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sros | FAIL |
1 critical test, 0 passed, 1 failed
1 test total, 0 passed, 1 failed
==============================================================================
What is this error message and how do I solve this:
**ChannelException: (1, 'Administratively prohibited')**
Does it matter what type of the router that I am login into is?
Thanks for your help.
Based on the feedback I have changed from Execute Command to Write.
So my script looks like this now:
*** Settings ***
Library SSHLibrary
Suite Setup Open Connection And Log In
Suite Teardown Close All Connections
*** Variable ***
${HOST} 172.31.1.250
${USERNAME} admin
${PASSWORD} admin
*** Keywords ***
Open Connection And Log In
Open Connection ${HOST}
Login ${USERNAME} ${PASSWORD}
*** Test Cases ***
Ping test
${result} = Write ping 1.1.1.1 count 1
Should Contain ${result.stdout} 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1
But now I get following error message:
==============================================================================
Sros
==============================================================================
Ping test | FAIL |
Resolving variable '${result.stdout}' failed: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'stdout'
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sros | FAIL |
1 critical test, 0 passed, 1 failed
1 test total, 0 passed, 1 failed
==============================================================================
Also not I have checked using Wireshark that robot script does actually ssh into the router and establish a ssh session. I think the connectivity part of working fine.
Consider using
Write ping 1.1.1.1
${output}= Read delay=0.5s
to get the output in a var. It will now have the same behavior you have while doing it manually !
I hope it will help you ;)

SFTP SSHLibrary Unable to Connect

Im unable to connect to SFTP with below script, any ideas why?
*** Variables ***
${HOST} = mysite.com
${USERNAME} = username
${PASSWORD} = password
${PORT} = 22222
${keyfile} = /Users/victor/.ssh/
*** Test Cases ***
Open Connec
Open Connection stage1.globalcashcard.com alias=LaborReady port=22222
Enter Credentials
Login ${USERNAME} ${PASSWORD}
List Dir
List Directory /
Close ALL Conns
Close All Connections
Side NTOE:
I Even tried it with
Login with P. Key
Login With Public Key username /Users/username/.ssh/known_hosts
Results log
Status:
FAIL (critical)
Message:
SSHException: SSH session not active
00:00:00.004
KEYWORD SSHLibrary . List Directory /
Documentation:
Returns and logs items in the remote `path`, optionally filtered with `pattern`.
Start / End / Elapsed:
20170607 14:18:33.338 / 20170607 14:18:33.342 / 00:00:00.004
14:18:33.342
FAIL
SSHException: SSH session not active
I'm able to login with Filezilla without any issues. On thing I did notice is that I cannot login via terminal with below command
ssh username#stg1.mysite.com -p 22222
I get prompted to enter password when I enter then I get below message
shell request failed on channel 0
I able able to connect via Terminal with below command
sftp -o "Port 22222" username#stg1.mysite.com
Could this be the issue?
SSH and SFTP are different protocols. That is what you validated with your experiences.
When you use SSHLibrary you can use similar functions you get in SFTP, but not the exact commands.

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