SSH Plugin

Overview

Description

The SSH plugin for GnomeDo allows one to quickly and easily connect to a remote host via SSH. It also has the ability to parse the ~/.ssh/config file for hostnames to connect to.

Usage

To use this plugin, activate GnomeDo and enter Connect with SSH as the action. Once Connect with SSH has been selected as the action to perform, hit TAB and type user@hostname. A new shell will open with a new SSH connection to your specified host. An added bonus of this plugin is its ability to parse ~/.ssh/config for hosts. If you have hosts defined in your ~/.ssh/config file, you can just type hostname as the action, and Connect with SSH will be selected for you (or at least shouldn't be too far down the list). For ~/.ssh/config syntax, see man ssh_config.

ssh/config example:

Here is a little of how ~/.ssh/config works:

Assuming you want to connect to 'machine.example1.com' at port '8322' as user 'username1' and you want this to alias as 'myhost1'. Then you have to put the following inside ~/.ssh/config :

Host myhost1
User username1
Port 8322
HostName machine.example1.com

and from command line type:
ssh myhost1

Information taken from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=172848

Author

This plugin was originally created by Peter Stuifzand