Tag Archives: ssh config

Simplify your Life with and SSH Config File

This is a great post for those who ssh to many different hosts and have to remember which hostname, username, key and port to use for each server they want to connect to. http://nerderati.com/2011/03/simplify-your-life-with-an-ssh-config-file/

How to Create a Shorter Alias for Public DNS Hostname

After you’ve created your Amazon EC2 instance, set up Security Groups for ssh, set up your key pair, you will realize that your Public DNS for your EC2 instance is super long and very hard to remember. You also wish you could exclude having to type the "username@" prefix when you ssh to the server. […]