SSH Command-Line Configuration

Objective

Create an alias for SSH hosts, including ssh command line options.

SSH config file

Location

~/.ssh/config (powershell and bash)

Basic settings

Host littledamien
	HostName littledamien.com
	User username

Now, from the command line, all that's necessary is

> ssh littledamien

Common Options

• Port to specify a non-default ssh port
• IdentityFile (This is a requirement for AWS, for example.)