ansible-ssh

Simple script that allows you to quickly SSH into one of your hosts defined in Ansible Inventory file. Usefull fof quick debugging of hosts, witout the need to remember their IP's or credentials.

Prerequisites

Script assumes that you have yq (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq) installed in your path.

Installation

Clone this repo or Download latest release and put the ansible-ssh binary into your $PATH

Usage

Script assumes that your Ansible inventory file follows the following structure:

inventory.yml

---

  all:
    hosts:
      host1:
        ansible_host: some.ip.addr.ess
        ansible_user: username
        ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "path/to/ssh/key"
      host2:
        ansible_host: some.ip.addr.ess
        ansible_user: username

If there is no SSH key configured, it will assume a password will be prompted.

To use:

ansible-ssh inventory.yml host1

Will use configured SSH key

ansible-ssh inventory.yml host2

Will prompt for password if host allows

Author

Bartłomiej Kałuża