Essh
Extended ssh command.
Overview
Essh is an extended ssh
command. If you use essh
command instead of ssh
, Your SSH operation becomes more efficient and convenient. Essh is a single binary CLI tool and simply wraps ssh command. You can use it in the same way as ssh. And it has useful features over ssh.
Features
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Configuration As Code: You can write SSH client configuration (aka:~/.ssh/config
) in Lua code. So your ssh_config can become more dynamic.
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Hooks: Essh supports hooks that execute commands when it connects a remote server.
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Servers List Management: Essh provides utilities for managing hosts, that list and classify servers by using tags.
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Per-Project Configuration: Essh supports per-project configuration. This allows you to change SSH hosts config by changing current working directory.
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Task Runner: Task is a script that runs on remote and local servers. You can use it to automate your system administration tasks.
Installation
Essh is provided as a single binary. You can download it and drop it in your $PATH.
After installing Essh, run the essh
without any options in your terminal to check working.
Homebrew
$ brew install kohkimakimoto/essh/essh
Download the binary from releases page
Download latest version
Developing
Requirements
- Go 1.7 or later (my development env)
Installing dependences
$ make deps
Building dev binary.
$ make dev
Building distributed binaries.
$ make dist
Building packages (now support only RPM)
$ make dist
$ make packaging
Author
Kohki Makimoto kohki.makimoto@gmail.com
License
The MIT License (MIT)