Monkey patch paramiko _custom_start_client

A quick fix for the Unexpected kw arg in _custom_start_client error.
Monkey patches this fix:
https://github.com/robotframework/SSHLibrary/pull/159/files

Change-Id: Iaca2c3cb402f1f24d096c947bec5cb3e6aaf77d6
Signed-off-by: George Paraskevopoulos <geopar@intracom-telecom.com>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/opnfv/utils/ssh_utils.py b/modules/opnfv/utils/ssh_utils.py
index cbc62c75d..4c5ff5c1b 100644
--- a/modules/opnfv/utils/ssh_utils.py
+++ b/modules/opnfv/utils/ssh_utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ from opnfv.utils import opnfv_logger as logger
 logger = logger.Logger("SSH utils").getLogger()
 SSH_TIMEOUT = 60
 
+''' Monkey Patch paramiko _custom_start_client '''
+# We are using paramiko 2.1.1 and in the CI in the SFC
+# test we are facing this issue:
+# https://github.com/robotframework/SSHLibrary/issues/158
+# The fix was merged in paramiko 2.1.3 in this PR:
+# https://github.com/robotframework/SSHLibrary/pull/159/files
+# Until we upgrade we can use this monkey patch to work
+# around the issue
+
+
+def _custom_start_client(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    self.banner_timeout = 45
+    self._orig_start_client(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+paramiko.transport.Transport._orig_start_client = \
+    paramiko.transport.Transport.start_client
+paramiko.transport.Transport.start_client = _custom_start_client
+''' Monkey Patch paramiko _custom_start_client '''
+
 
 def get_ssh_client(hostname,
                    username,