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+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Test SSH Connection
+    [Arguments]   ${host}   ${username}   ${password}   ${privatekey}
+
+    Open Connection     ${host}
+    Run Keyword If   '${password}'!='${EMPTY}'   Login   ${username}   ${password}
+    ...   ELSE   Login With Public Key   ${username}   ${privatekey}
+    Execute Command   hostname
+    Close All Connections
+
+Check If remote File Exists
+    [Arguments]   ${host}   ${username}   ${password}   ${privatekey}   ${file}
+
+    Open Connection   ${host}
+    Run Keyword If   '${password}'!='${EMPTY}'  Login  ${username}  ${password}
+    ...   ELSE   Login With Public Key  ${username}  ${privatekey}
+    ${rc}=   Execute Command   ls ${file} >& /dev/null   return_stdout=False   return_rc=True
+    Close All Connections
+    Should Be Equal As Integers   ${rc}   0
+
+Get Remote File Content
+    [Arguments]  ${host}  ${username}  ${password}  ${privatekey}   ${file}
+
+    Open Connection     ${host}
+    Run Keyword If   '${password}'!='${EMPTY}'  Login  ${username}  ${password}
+    ...   ELSE   Login With Public Key  ${username}  ${privatekey}
+    ${output}=   Execute Command   cat ${file}
+    Close All Connections
+    [Return]   ${output}
+
+Execute Remote Command Check Rc Return Output
+    [Arguments]   ${host}   ${username}   ${password}   ${privatekey}   ${command}
+
+    Open Connection   ${host}
+    Run Keyword If   '${password}'!='${EMPTY}'  Login  ${username}  ${password}
+    ...   ELSE   Login With Public Key  ${username}  ${privatekey}
+    ${stdout}   ${rc}=   Execute Command   ${command}   return_rc=True   return_stdout=True
+    log   ${rc}
+    log   ${stdout}
+    Close All Connections
+    Should Be Equal As Integers   ${rc}   0
+    [Return]   ${stdout}
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