SecureCRT: How to import sessions via CSV file

In my opinion, one of the best Telnet/Serial/SSH client is SecureCRT, that provides rock-solid terminal emulation for computing professionals, raising productivity with advanced session management and a host of ways to save time and streamline repetitive tasks.

I recently had the need to import a hundred devices in SecureCRT, but I didn’t know how to do it. Surfing the web, I found a helpful python script to import it via CSV!

Three components are required: SecureCRT (obviously), the script and the CSV file.

Step1
Create a CSV file with these fields:

  • session_name: The name that should be used for the session. If this field does not exist, the hostname field is used as the session_name.
  • folder: Relative path for session as displayed in the Connect dialog.
  • hostname: The hostname or IP for the remote server.
  • protocol: The protocol
  • port: The port on which remote server is listening
  • username: The username for the account on the remote server
  • emulation: The emulation
  • description: The comment/description. Multiple lines are separated with ‘\r’

Remember: It is not a requirement that all the options be used.

Suppose you want import sessions with these fields: session_name, hostname, protocol, folder.

The following is an example of what your data file might look like:

session_name,hostname,protocol,folder
ciscozine_rt,192.168.100.1,SSH2,work/router
ciscozine_sw1,192.168.100.254,Telnet,work/switch
ciscozine_sw2,192.168.100.253,Telnet,work/switch

Note:

  • The emulations available are: XTerm, VT100, VT102, VT220, ANSI, Linux, SCOANSI, VShell, WYSE50 and WYSE60.
  • The protocols available are: SSH2, SSH1, Telnet and RLogin.

 

Step2
Download the SecureCRT script and run it using the “Script -> run …” tab as you see below.

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A new window appears: select your CSV file and click on the “Open” button.

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After the work has been completed, the script will print the import result.

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Now you can open the SecureCRT application and view the Connect dialog to see the sessions that have been created.

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Note: This script has been tested with SecureCRT 7.2.1.
References: https://www.vandyke.com/support/tips/importsessions.html

1 COMMENT

  1. SecureCRT sessions can be imported from an external source if you keep a list of the servers, routers, and other devices that you need to connect to saved in a .csv or other type of data file. With a data file, you can use a script to import the data into SecureCRT sessions, rather than manually creating them one at a time.

    Fried

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