complete refactor

deploy.py

@@ -9,7 +9,35 @@ with open("conf.json", "r") as file:
 # yeah yeah i should probably use YAML but i don't really want to fool with it rn lol -64
 
 sshc = paramiko.client.SSHClient()
-sshc.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) # so we don't get whined at and crash over a unrecognized host-key
+healthstatus = ""
+healthpassing = True
+# define sshc so we don't have to type the whole thing every time we want a client as well as set our healthpassing variable
+
+def healthcheck(): 
+    global healthstatus
+    response = os.system("ping -c 2 " + cfg["server"])
+    if response != 0:
+        healthstatus = "err"
+    else: 
+        healthstatus = "ok"
+
+def deploy():
+    # deployment shit here
+    sshc.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) # so we don't get whined at and crash over a unrecognized host-key
+    sshc.connect(cfg["server"],port=cfg["port"],password=cfg["ssh-password"])
+
+while True:
+    healthcheck()
+
+    if healthstatus != "ok":
+         print(healthstatus)
+         print("ONT is not responding!! Did we lose network connection, or is the ONT rebooting? Waiting for a successful ping then deploying!")
+         healthpassing = False
+         while healthpassing == False: 
+            if healthcheck() == "ok":
+                print("ONT responded, deploying payload!")
+                healthpassing == True;
+    else:
+        print(healthstatus)
+        
             
-sshc.connect(cfg["server"],port=cfg["port"],password=cfg["ssh-password"])
-sshc.exec_command("wall it works!!!")