aws-ssh 0.0.2

A utility to enable easy SSH connections to AWS EC2 instances.

# AWS-SSH

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SSH into your project-specific AWS EC2 instances by name, without having to remember IP addresses & private keys, or a curating a SSH config.

Turn this: ssh -i ~/.ssh/project-key.pem ubuntu@198.51.100.13

Into this: aws-ssh compute

## Getting Started

### Prerequisites

AWS-SSH requires Python 2.7 or greater on a POSIX system. You will also need to have [the AWS CLI](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/) installed and configured.

### Installing

Pip is the recommended method:

`console $ pip install aws-ssh `

I recommend installing this into a virtualenv, and then symlinking the binaries to your PATH. For example:

`console $ mkvirtualenv -p $(which python3) aws-ssh # Python 3 recommended $ pip install aws-ssh # Assuming ~/bin/ is in your $PATH... $ ln -s ~/.virtualenvs/aws-ssh/bin/{aws-ssh,awssh,ssh-ec2,aws-ssh-cli} ~/bin/ $ deactivate `

You should now be able to use AWS-SSH outside of your virtualenv!

### Usage

Once installed, you need to create a project. Projects are collections of EC2 instances that share a common set of parameters. For example, I may be working on the squanch project, with the following instances in my AWS account:

• squanch-compute - 198.51.100.13

• squanch-web - 198.51.100.14

• squanch-data - 198.51.100.15

Assuming I keep my squanch-related code in ~/code/squanch, I will first need to initialize an AWS-SSH project within that directory:

`console $ cd ~/code/squanch $ aws-ssh --init Please provide the full path ot the directory containing all private keys: ~/.ssh/ Please provide a name for this project: squanch Please provide the AWS profile to use: default Please provide the name of the private key used for authentication (including extension): squanch.pem Please provide the prefix for EC2 names: squanch- Please provide the root directory for the project: ~/code/squanch `

This will create an .awssshconfig file in the project root directory. You can manage it under version control to get the team on the same page :-)

Now that AWS-SSH has been configured, time to connect to an instance!

`console $ cd ~/code/squanch $ aws-ssh web # Successful SSH connection to 198.51.100.14 `

Boom.

## Notes

• AWS-SSH attempts to guess the username for an instance by testing various usernames. Right now, the sequence of user names is fixed (and based off common AMI usernames). In a future release, this will be configurable.

• If your access is dependent on custom routing (e.g., behind a lazy VPN), you may need to abort the connection attempt (via ^C) and manually add a route for the instance.

## Contributing

Contributions welcome! Be sure to use the development package, available under the dev extra.

`console $ git clone [e-mail]:arusahni/aws-ssh $ cd aws-ssh $ pip install -e .[dev] `