+#
+default_landmark = "faraday.inria.fr"
+
+parser = ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("-u", "--username", dest="username",
+ help="Username to SSH to remote host")
+parser.add_argument("-i", "--ssh-key", dest="ssh_key",
+ help="Path to private SSH key to be used for connection")
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--landmark", dest='landmark', default=default_landmark,
+ help="Set pings destination, default={}".format(default_landmark))
+# this is required
+parser.add_argument("hostname", type=str)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+hostname = args.hostname
+username = args.username
+ssh_key = args.ssh_key
+landmark = args.landmark
+