Introduction

ec2-ssh is a ssh_config manager for Amazon EC2.

ec2-ssh command adds Host descriptions to ssh_config (~/.ssh/config default). 'Name' tag of instances are used as Host descriptions and the Private-Dns are used for ssh.

Setup

1. Clone the current repo to your local machine

$ git clone https://github.com/totango/ec2-ssh.git

2. Go to your .bashrc/.zshrc/.bash_profile and set the export to the next variables:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID={Replace with your Amazon Access Key}
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={Replace with your amazon Secret Kek}

(!) In case you don't have an Access_Key,Secret_Key for your user ask from your Aws Admin to provide you one.

3. Then source your profile file.

$ source  .bashrc/.zshrc/.bash_profile

4. Go to the repo you have cloned and run setup.py

$ python setup.py install

5. Run the script of update_hosts.sh

sh update_hosts.sh

Now try ssh to one of the hosts by name:

$ ssh Name-Of-Host

#Notice ec2-ssh command updates your .ssh/config file default. You should make a backup of it.