Start An Interactive Python Session - Digi Connect IT 4 User Manual

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4. Save the configuration and apply the change:
(config)> save
Configuration saved.
>
5. Type exit to exit the Admin CLI.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type quit to disconnect from the device.

Start an interactive Python session

Use the python command without specifying any parameters to start an interactive Python session.
The Python session operates interactively using REPL (Read Evaluate Print Loop) to allow you to write
Python code on the command line.
Note
The Python interactive session is not available from the Admin CLI. You must access the device
shell in order to run Python applications from the command line. See
information about configuring authentication groups that include shell access.
1. Select a device in Remote Manager that is configured to allow shell access to the admin user,
and click Actions > Open Console. Alternatively, log into the Connect IT 4 local command line
as a user with shell access.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
2. At the shell prompt, use the python command with no parameters to enter an interactive
Python session:
# python
Python 3.10.1 (main, Mar 30 2023, 23:47:13) [GCC 11.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
3. Type Python commands at the Python prompt. For example, to view help for the digidevice
module, type:
>>> help("digidevice")
Help on package digidevice:
NAME
digidevice - Digi device python extensions
DESCRIPTION
This module includes various extensions that allow Python
to interact with additional features offered by the device.
...
4. Use Ctrl-D to exit the Python session. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit().
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