def ssh_connect(ip,user,pwd):
    '''
    This function will make an ssh connection to the ip using the credentials passed and return the handler
    Args:
        ip: IP Address of the box into which ssh has to be done
        user: User name of the box to which ssh has to be done
        pass: password of the box to which ssh has to be done
    Returns:
        An ssh handler
    '''
    ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
    ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
    ssh.connect(ip, username=user, password=pwd)
    return ssh

ssh_obj = ssh_connect(ip, username, password)
folder = "/var/xyz/images/" + build_number
command = "mkdir " + folder
ssh_stdin, ssh_stdout, ssh_stderr = ssh_obj.exec_command(command)