--- title: "Python WMI: Query WMI on Remote Computers with Linux" description: "Learn to use Python for querying WMI on remote computers from a Linux system, such as Ubuntu." canonical: "https://adamtheautomator.com/python-wmi/" --- # Python WMI: Query WMI on Remote Computers with Linux > Learn to use Python for querying WMI on remote computers from a Linux system, such as Ubuntu. 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Being a big Windows guy, I’ve had to learn a ton about how Linux and Python interact with Windows. My goal was to get my Ubuntu Linux box using Python to query WMI. Let’s break it down! Related:[Using WMI in PowerShell](https://adamtheautomator.com/python-wmi/) ## Downloading WMIC on Linux The first task was to query a common WMI class on a Windows box. To do this on Linux, we need to download and compile the WMIC package. To do this, check out this [GitHub Gist](https://gist.github.com/rickheil/7c89a843bf7c853997a1). For anyone too lazy to click the link, here’s what to run to make it happen. ```bash dpkg -i libwmiclient1_1.3.14-3_amd64.deb dpkg -i wmi-client_1.3.14-3_amd64.deb ## Test a query to a remote computer wmic -Utestuser%tstpass // "SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem" ``` If you see the properties and values of Win32\_OperatingSystem you’re good! ## WMI in Python The next step is to get a WMI module for Python. I chose to use the _wmi-client-wrapper_ Python module. To get this installed: ```bash > sudo pip install wmi-client-wrapper ``` Once installed, create a Python script to test it out. Here’s what mine looked like assuming you have Python 2.x installed. If you have Python 3.x your top line will probably read ```python #!/usr/bin/python3 #!/usr/bin/python import wmi_client_wrapper as wmi wmic = wmi.WmiClientWrapper(username="localaccount",password="localpassword",host="",) output = wmic.query("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor") print(output) ## Save this as .py and mark is as executable: chmod +x .py ## Then, we can execute the script to see if it brings back the Win32_Processor class. [{'L2CacheSize': '0', 'VMMonitorModeExtensions': False, 'ConfigManagerErrorCode': '0', 'VoltageCaps': '0', 'PowerManagementSupported': False, 'LoadPercentage': '1', 'CreationClassName': 'Win32_Processor', 'Version': '', 'Role': 'CPU', 'CpuStatus': '1', 'SecondLevelAddressTranslationExtensions': False, 'Revision': '11527', 'Status': 'OK', 'PNPDeviceID': None, 'L2CacheSpeed': '0', 'AddressWidth': '64', 'ConfigManagerUserConfig': False, 'ErrorCleared': False, 'ProcessorId': '0F8BFBFF000206D7', 'ProcessorType': '3', 'DeviceID': 'CPU0', 'CurrentVoltage': '12', 'CurrentClockSpeed': '2600', 'Manufacturer': 'GenuineIntel', 'Name': 'Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz', 'InstallDate': None, 'Level': '6', 'SocketDesignation': 'None', 'NumberOfCores': '1', 'Caption': 'Intel64 Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7', 'StatusInfo': '3', 'Architecture': '9', 'UniqueId': None, 'PowerManagementCapabilities': 'NULL', 'OtherFamilyDescription': None, 'Description': 'Intel64 Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7', 'NumberOfLogicalProcessors': '1', 'Family': '179', 'ErrorDescription': None, 'UpgradeMethod': '6', 'SystemName': 'HOSTNAME', 'LastErrorCode': '0', 'ExtClock': '8000', 'Stepping': None, 'VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled': False, 'MaxClockSpeed': '2600', 'L3CacheSize': '0', 'L3CacheSpeed': '0', 'Availability': '3', 'SystemCreationClassName': 'Win32_ComputerSystem', 'DataWidth': '64'}] ``` Yay! The output is JSON and is pretty gnarly at this point but, for now, I just wanted to get this going. I hope this helps anyone trying to get Python to query WMI on a remote computer on Linux! Share this article [Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fadamtheautomator.com%2Fpython-wmi%2F&text=Python%20WMI%3A%20Query%20WMI%20on%20Remote%20Computers%20with%20Linux)[Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fadamtheautomator.com%2Fpython-wmi%2F)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fadamtheautomator.com%2Fpython-wmi%2F) ## Related Posts ![](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Creating-Statistical-Plots-with-the-Seaborn-Python-Library.jpg) ### [Creating Statistical Plots with the Seaborn Python Library](/seaborn-python/) Are you still using Excel to generate statistical plots? 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