Fabric 2 : connect_timeout not working

[hd40910]

from datetime import datetime
from fabric2 import connection

start = datetime.now()
connect = connection.Connection(host="root@vptest01",
connect_kwargs={"password": "somepass"},
gateway=None,
connect_timeout=2)

print connect.run("sleep 10 && hostname", warn=True, shell="/bin/bash -c", pty=False)
print "Time Taken: "+ str((datetime.now()-start).total_seconds())

'''
Output:

vptest01
Command exited with status 0.
=== stdout ===
vptest01

(no stderr)
Time Taken: 13.785

'''

I am trying to run a command, but I dont want to wait for more than 2 seconds. Am I doing something wrong ? Looks like connect_timeout does not work ??

[dhdavvie]

New here so I may be wrong but by the looks of it, connect_timeout is for TCP connection timeouts ie "I haven't heard back from the server in x seconds". In this case, the client doesn't just send the run command and waits 10 seconds without hearing anything from the server. Instead, the client sends a run request, the server acknowledges the run request, and then at a later point initiates the return transmission. The client doesn't ever sit without a reply for 2 seconds in a normal scenario with good connection to the server.

You might want to have a look at the timeout utility.

Again, new here so take everything I've said with a grain of salt until someone else can vouch for it :)

[hd40910]

Thanks @dhdavvie. @bitprophet actually advised to use connect_timeout in another thread
#762 ...It was a year ago so I opened a new one :(

Am stuck in this part were the FS gets full, fabric2 thread throws below given prompt and then this just sits there forever blocking the main thread.
Sorry, I am also a novice and I believe am doing something wrong in fabric2 as it used to work fine in fabric

]: fabric2:runCommand: '/bin/ksh -c . ~/.profile ; unzip packages/somepath/*.zip -d packages/somepath/' is being executed on: xxxx@xxxx:22.Retries Left: 3
]:inflating: packages/somepath/something.ear
]: packages/somepath/something.ear: write error (disk full?). Continue? (y/n/^C)

timeout is nice :) .But is there something in python that I can club with fabric2 to achieve this