quickSSH

• A command line tool that does no more than it needs to
• quickSSH is a CLI tool that enables faster SSH into an EC2 instance

Installation

To install quickSSH, run the following command:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bmrolo/quickSSH/main/install.sh | bash

Uninstallation

To uninstall quickSSH, run sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/quickssh

Dependencies

• AWS CLI - Used to interact with AWS services. Install instructions are found in documentation
• fzf - Used to quickly select directories - brew install fzf
• jq - Used to parse JSON output from awscli - brew install jq

Usage

To use quickSSH, type:

quickssh

quickSSH uses user-defined directories to locate .pem files. Use the menu in the command line to navigate directories, and utilize the directory of your choosing

Configuration

To save custom directories that quickSSH can read, edit ~/.quickssh using the following syntax:

alias=path

For example:

personal=/Users/myuser/personal_keys
work=~/work_keys