blogng/blog/2012-12-12-name-your-servers.markdown

---
author: dhananjayishere
comments: true
date: 2012-12-12 10:51:00
layout: post
slug: name-your-servers
tags: terminal, ssh, gnu/linux, hack
title: Name your servers.
wordpress_id: 171537089
---

If your day involves ssh-ing into various servers, you know how
cumbersome is to type all that details again and again. When the number
becomes large, you tend to confuse between host names, IPs and
usernames.

But, ssh allows you to alias them into cute nicknames you prefer.

The configuration file needed to be edited is  ``` ~/.ssh/config. ```

The sample configuration that should be append to this file for adding
alias _server_ to `user@example.org` is :

```
Host server
Hostname example.org
User user
```

Now all you have to do is
```
$ ssh server
```
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			`author: dhananjayishere`
			`comments: true`
			`date: 2012-12-12 10:51:00`
			`layout: post`
			`slug: name-your-servers`
Convert from old categories to tags import sys import yaml with open(sys.argv[1]) as fp: data = fp.read() if not data.find("---") == 0: # no head print("NO YAML HEAD FOUND") sys.exit(-1) data = data[3:] head_end = data.find("---") head = data[0:head_end] data = data[head_end+3:] metadata = yaml.safe_load(head) cats = metadata.pop('categories', None) if cats != None: if type(cats) == list: tags = cats elif type(cats) == str: tags = cats.split() tags = list(map(lambda t: t.lower(), tags)) metadata["tags"] = ", ".join(tags) new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}" # write it print(f"coverted: categories to tags: {tags} - {sys.argv[1]}") with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp: fp.write(new_data) sys.exit(0) if not metadata.get("tags", None): metadata["tags"] = "untagged" new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}" print(f"untagged: {sys.argv[1]}") # write it with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp: fp.write(new_data) sys.exit(0) print("No changes needed") 2019-01-28 17:16:27 -05:00			`tags: terminal, ssh, gnu/linux, hack`
intial commit 2017-01-22 22:30:42 +01:00			`title: Name your servers.`
			`wordpress_id: 171537089`
			`---`

			`If your day involves ssh-ing into various servers, you know how`
			`cumbersome is to type all that details again and again. When the number`
			`becomes large, you tend to confuse between host names, IPs and`
			`usernames.`

			`But, ssh allows you to alias them into cute nicknames you prefer.`

			The configuration file needed to be edited is ``` ~/.ssh/config. ```

			`The sample configuration that should be append to this file for adding`
			alias _server_ to `user@example.org` is :

			```
			`Host server`
			`Hostname example.org`
			`User user`
			```

			`Now all you have to do is`
			```
			`$ ssh server`
			```