macadada / sugar

AWS EC2 SSH tool for easy access to all of your instances with a simple shell command

Sugar SSH

Requirements

• Node.JS of any recent vintage
• SSH keys stored in ~/.ssh/ and named after the AWS keypairs
• ~/.aws/config file with credentials (details)
  • For a good experience, include the region

Installation and Updating

npm install -g sugar-ssh

Usage

• sugar <instance filter>
• sugar <instance filter>@<profile>
• sugar -f <port to forward> <instance filter>

If multiple instances match the filter, and they appear similar (based on Name), then one will be randomly chosen.

Examples

• sugar http
• sugar postgres@prod
• sugar forward 8000 webserv@prod