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Using s

s is the dead-simple command line ssh configuration management tool you've always wanted.

https://github.com/grobertson/s/

Features

• Stores user@host and keypair info by easy to remember name
• (partial) command line compatibility with ssh, add only one argument to save connection forever
• List/show existing saved connections
• Create and install new keypairs on remote system (install remote using password or existing key)
• Instant install/uninstall with single shell command line (requires wget)
• Runs almost anywhere (needs only bash and ssh installed. shasum needed for --addkey)

Basics

s attempts to understand ssh command line options (more coming) so adding saved connections is just like connecting via ssh. Compare these command lines and see!

Save a new connection with s

s -i path/to/keyfile user@host.com NewConfigurationName

Connect with ssh

ssh -i path/to/keyfile user@host.com

Generate new keypair, install on remote and save configuration

(Will prompt for password)

s --addkey user@host.com NewConfigurationName

Generate new keypair, install on remote and save configuration

(Use existing keypair to send new public key)

s --addkey -i path/to/keyfile user@host.com NewConfigurationName