Just restarted a server? Tired of pressing up and enter while waiting for SSH to be accessible again? Then sshwait is for you! This script automatically waits for an SSH connection to become available before attempting to connect.
sshwait <SSH_OPTIONS> <SSH_USER@SSH_HOST>
Note: due to the crude way that arguments are parsed by this script, the above sequence of parameters is mandatory.
./sshwait ck@demo.centosblog.com
SSH user: ck
SSH host: demo.centosblog.com
SSH options:
Waiting for SSH connection
.................
SSH ready (waited for 111 seconds)
ck@demo.centosblog.com's password:
This has been tested on CentOS 6 using both BASH and ZSH shells. I'm quite certain it will work on other systems that have BASH 4+ or ZSH 4+ installed. Note - if you want to use this on OS X, you will need to change "nc" to "netcat"
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Clone this repo to your preferred directory (eg: /opt)
cd /opt && git clone https://github.com/centosblog/sshwait -
Ensure sshwait/sshwait is executable
chmod +x /opt/sshwait/sshwait -
To make it globally executable, you can either:
a. Use an alias:
alias sshwait='/opt/sshwait/sshwait'
b. Add it to /usr/local/bin:
cp /opt/sshwait/sshwait /usr/local/bin
- Install nc (no special repositories required, included in CentOS base repository):
yum install nc -y
- One annoyance that I am aware of is that the standard SSH port 22 is only available. I'll extend this out as an option later.
I'm not a programmer, but I do like to make things. Please use this at your own risk.
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Copyright (c) 2014 Curtis K (www.centosblog.com)
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