Due to limitations in adding features & extending aws-ssh, I've created blaze-ssh. It adds features like cached instance list & configurable address type (private/public). Please use blaze-ssh instead of aws-ssh.

aws-ssh is a bash script for conveniently ssh-ing into AWS EC2 instances. it uses fzf, jq & aws-cli under the hood.

1. aws-ssh requires bash to be installed (even when running the script in other shells)
2. make sure you have the following programs installed
   1. fzf
   2. jq
   3. aws-cli installed & configured
3. aws configure should've been run & authenticated prior to using aws-ssh

1. fetch the aws-ssh script using wget

  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sreedevk/aws-ssh/main/aws-ssh -P ~/.local/bin

NOTE: run echo $PATH & ensure that ~/.local/bin is included in $PATH.

2. Run chmod to mark ~/.local/bin/aws-ssh as executable

  chmod +x ~/.local/bin/aws-ssh

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AWS-SSH: Connect to AWS EC2 Instances at Lightning Speed
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Usage:
list instances:	    aws-ssh list <partial-search-term>
connect:	        aws-ssh connect <partial-search-term> <username>
private ip connect: aws-ssh priconn <partial-search-term> <username>
public  ip connect: aws-ssh pubconn <partial-search-term> <username>

Notes:
<partial-search-tearm> matchs "instance name" and "instance id"
<username> will be taken from ~/.aws-ssh-config if not provided
Bastion Servers can be configured in ~/.aws-ssh-config
Private Keys (*.pem) can be configured in ~/.aws-ssh-config

Example ~/.aws-ssh-config:

PRIVATE_KEY=~/.ssh/somekey.pem
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DEFAULT_USER=ec2-user

aws-ssh can be configured to set some default options. The configuration file for aws-ssh should be present at ~/.aws-ssh-config.

The ~/.aws-ssh-config is just a bash script that is sourced by aws-ssh before execution. The following can be added to ~/.aws-ssh-config

1. PRIVATE_KEY

The path to the key to be passed into the -i option while ssh-ing. if not configured, the -i is omitted.

PRIVATE_KEY=~/.ssh/somekey.pem

2. BASTION The jump/bastion server to use while ssh-ing into ec2-instances.

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3. DEFAULT_USER if the username part is omitted while using aws-ssh connect <instance-name> <username>, the DEFAULT_USER will be used. This can be beneficial if you have the same username for most ec2-instances, as you won't have to type the username each time.

DEFAULT_USER=ec2-user

EXAMPLE ~/.aws-ssh-config

PRIVATE_KEY=~/.ssh/somekey.pem
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DEFAULT_USER=ec2-user