knowledge/ssh/config.md

Notes about the ~/.ssh/config file

For full details: man ssh_config

With Identification file:

Put the following block for every ssh connection:

Host name_of_host
    HostName IP/DOMAIN
    Port port_of_ssh (default: 22)
    User user
    IdentityFile /path/to/identityfile
    IdentitiesOnly yes/no (can be ommited)

Example:

Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/honney-github
    IdentitiesOnly yes

Empty:

Host 
    HostName 
    Port 
    User 
    IdentityFile 

Without Identification file:

You will need to put in the Password when logging-in

Put the following block for every ssh connection:

Host name_of_host
    HostName IP/DOMAIN
    Port port_of_ssh (default: 22)
    User user

Example: (equivalent: ssh -p 22 root@192.168.1.255)

Host NAS
    HostName 192.168.1.255
    Port 22
    User root

Empty:

Host 
    HostName 
    Port 
    User 

To then use one of these Configs use this command:

ssh name_of_host

Example:

ssh NAS

Empty:

ssh