NAME
ssh - run the SSH client in a new tab
SYNOPSIS
ssh [-i] [USER@]HOST
ssh [OPTION...] -s SERVER
DESCRIPTION
Open an SSH terminal tab. You must pass either a HOST or SERVER as the target of the connection. SERVER is the name of an SSH connection in the folder provided by the ${CONNECTIONS} variable.
OPTIONS
-ap
Prompt for password.
-au
Prompt for user name.
-i IDENTITY_FILE
Set a file from which the identity (private key) for RSA or DSA authentication is read. See NOTES section for default setting.
-p PASSWORD
Set the password.
-su SECURE_STORAGE_NAME
Read the user name from the secure storage.
-sp SECURE_STORAGE_NAME
Read the password from the secure storage.
-u USER
Set the user name.
EXAMPLES
To connect to a host with a user name
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ssh user@10.168.1.1 |
To connect using a .ssh connection file with custom identity file use the -i option. id_rsa is the so called private key when you generate a SSH key public/private key pair
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ssh -i id_rsa admin@10.168.1.1 |
To connect using a .ssh server connection use the -s option and specify username & password with the -u and -p options respectively. In the below example QA_Server is a SSH Server that you have registered using
the Register SSH Server option available in the Servers Tab.
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ssh -u user -p password -s "QA_Server" |
To connect using a .ssh server connection that is contained inside a Server Group folder, created in the Servers Tab in Aqua Data Studio and to prompt for username & password. SSH_Terminals is a Server Group
folder and Dev_Server is a SSH Server that you have registered in the below example:
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ssh -au -ap -s "SSH_Terminals/Dev_Server" |
You can create Secure Storage variables in File > Options > Secure Storage, then read the username and password from it and connect to a .ssh server connection. The secured storage variables login and password
in the below example contain the username and password respectively.
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ssh -su slogin -sp spasswd -s "SSH_Terminals/Dev_Server" |
NOTES
By default, IDENTITY_FILE is set to one of the following files (in the order specified) if they exist:
~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_dsa
~/.ssh/identity