SSH config for beginners

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:00:06 +0000

The SSH config is a powerful tool to get “more” out of your normal SSH connection.

Just create an file called “config” in your .ssh folder and it will be used on a new SSH session.

Lets start with a simple example of how a connection configuration could look like:

Host myHost
  Hostname 1.2.3.4 
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/myHostKey
  User myUser

With this code, an “ssh myHost” will try to connect to the host 1.2.3.4 - using the user myUser and the keyfile myHostKey. And with this - you can use multiple keys and users on the same host without too much trouble 🙂

Config on Nico Maas

SSH config for beginners