Disclaimer

Original package is https://github.com/alemures/ssh-manager/, this is modification on top of that.

Why it's not a fork

I was looking for a good SSH GUI, which can help me manage multiple server access via SSH (Not being a DevOps guy, I am/was handling too many servers; even multiple organizations). It was painful when ssh to a server was giving me error of Too many authentication failures, just because I've 10+ pem files. Not being able to find a light-weight and good GUI, I decided to write my own tool (CLI). I just searched on Github (site:github.com ssh manager on Google), and found this one to be simple and good.

How it works

1. Modify servers/servers.json (easy to do; if you've basic understanding of SSH terminology)
2. Put the SSH Keys (.pem files) in servers folder
3. Better create alias (alias sshm=<CLONE_DIR>/lib/node_modules/ssh-manager/lib/cli.js)
4. Good to go. Just sshm from shell and choose from the list

Okay, so what is changed (with respect to original repo) -

1. I've never used the flags listed under Usage section. Not sure if they are broken.
2. Each SSH connection is a new ssh-agent shell. (check lib/Connection.js#L15)
3. CSV Reader is removed. (Editing a CSV from vi is a cumbersome task)
4. Ping check removed - I find it slow and unnecessary. (It's an opinionated change)
5. Table output is changed AFAIK (I don't recall the original table format; because I added git to npm installation directory at very later stage)
6. (Important) Multiple SSH keys supported when forwarding.

Configuration

Start the script with sshm (or your chosen alias) and you will be prompted to select a server from few sample servers. To add yours, you have to create a configuration file with (servers/servers.json) with the following format:

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[
  {
    "name": "Test Server1",
    "user": "alejandro",
    "host": "8.8.8.8"
  },
  {
    "name": "Test Server2",
    "user": "paul",
    "host": "7.8.8.8",
    "port": 23,
    "pems": ["file2.pem", "id_rsa.pem"] // You can specify multiple pem files, all will be forwarded
  },
// If you need to ssh via a jumphost. Specify the jumphost's address under host field, and next server under `secondhost` field.
  {
    "name": "Test Server2",
    "user": "paul",
    "host": "7.8.8.8",
    "port": 23,
    "pem": "file2.pem", // you can also use `pems` option
    "secondhost": "[email protected]"
  }
]

Usage

Usage: sshm [options]

Options:
  -o, --order    Order the table by the given column
      [string] [choices: "name", "id", "user", "host", "port"]
  -s, --server   Specify the server name or id to connect               [string]
  -h, --help     Show help                                             [boolean]

https://github.com/alemures (<-- Original Author)