# SSH connection

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssh-connection/12095>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssh-connection/12095 "2016-09-01T17:13:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@zeus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zeus)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssh-connection/12095/1 "2016-09-01T17:13:03Z")

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Hi all  
I need a support to handle an SSH connection to our server. I am using Ignition ver 7.7.1 (b2014092209) .  
I try to import to use different SSH lib for python without success (most of that are for python 2.6 or above). Now I found a lib called paramiko with version 2.6 that is compatible with the python installed in my Ignition. This lib requires pycripto . I installed it but I am still getting errors (i.e. ImportError: cannot import name _counter”) it seems that for some reason the import with the “_” is not well supported.  
Is there another python lib or another way I can use to connect to an SSH server? If not can I use a 3rd party java library. In which way?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssh-connection/12095/2 "2016-09-01T18:30:30Z")

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You need to use Python libraries that are written in Jython (i.e. compatible with Java) Pycrypto is written in CPython.