Connection backends — testinfra 1.18.1.dev0+gd8e3648.d20181125 documentation

Connection backends¶ Testinfra comes with several connections backends for remote command execution. When installing, you should select the backends you require as extras to ensure Python dependencies are satisfied (note various system packaged tools may still be required). For example For all backends, commands can be run as superuser with the --sudo option or as specific user with the --sudo-use

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“The Docker backend can be used to test running containers. It uses the docker exec command:”