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Created September 7, 2016 00:10
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bash-ssh-to-instance-id.sh
function ec2-ssh () {
ssh -i ~/.ssh/$2 -l ubuntu $(aws ec2 describe-instances --filter Name=instance-id,Values=$1 | jq '.Reservations[0].Instances[0].PublicIpAddress' | tr -d '"')
}
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llbbl commented Sep 7, 2016 •
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Assumes you are running ubuntu. Assumes you have AWS-CLI installed and configured. Drop this in .bashrc or .zshrc.

Usage:

ec2-ssh instanceId keyFile

Setup Aliases in your .bashrc or .zshrc file instead of using .ssh/config

alias serverName="ec2-ssh instanceId keyFile"

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