Template for SSH config: ~/.ssh/config

config

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# File:   SSH client configuration
# Author: Matt Ward
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Host wopr
HostName wopr.example.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_wopr
User mward

# Virtual box machine 'ubuntu-vm' defined in /etc/hosts
Host ubuntu-vm
User matt

# Pattern match EC2 instances
Host ec2-*.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com
User ubuntu
IdentityFile ~/dev/aws_keys/mward.pem

# Alias bitbucket.org to handy 'bb'
Host bb
HostName bitbucket.org
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_bitbucket


# Matches any host
Host *
ServerAliveInterval 60