SSHaMan

SSHaMan is open-source SSH connections manager written in go.

Install

go install github.com/Dafaque/sshaman/cmd/sshaman@latest

Config

Environment variables

• SSHAMAN_HOME - path to the directory where the application will store its data

Usage

Add credentials

Command bellow will help you create new credentials for localhost:22 with user admin and ssh key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519:

sshaman add \
    -alias myfirstserver \
    -host localhost \
    -user admin \
    -key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 \
    -skip-password \
    -skip-passphrase

Edit credentils

Commnd bellow will override myfirstserver with user user and password authentication:

sshaman add \
    -lias myfirstserver \
    -host localhost \
    -user user \
    -force

List credentials

sshaman list

Connect using created alias

sshaman connect -alias myfirstserver

Export credentials

To create sshaman.enc in the current directory run:

sshaman export

Warning

You can skip the password prompt, but this is not recommended since the application is open source

Caution

Exporting credentials will overwrite the existing sshaman.enc file.

Import credentials

To import recently exported sshaman.enc file cd to the directory where the file is located and run:

sshaman import

Delete credentials

Command below will delete credentials

sshaman delete -alias myfirstserver

Caution

This operation is irreversible.

Delete all credentials

Command below will delete credentials

sshaman drop

Caution

This operation is irreversible.

All commands

sshaman -h
Usage of add:
  -alias string
        new ssh connection's alias
  -force
        force operation
  -host string
        new ssh connection's address
  -key string
        new ssh connection's key file path
  -local
        use local storage (default true)
  -port int
        new ssh connection's port (default 22)
  -remote
        use remote storage (unimplementer)
  -skip-passphrase
        skip key's passphrase prompt
  -skip-password
        skip password prompt
  -user string
        new ssh connection's user
Usage of connect:
  -alias string
        ssh connection's allias to conect
  -local
        use local storage (default true)
  -remote
        use remote storage (unimplemented)
Usage of list:
  -local
        use local storage (default true)
  -remote
        use remote storage (unimplemented)
Usage of delete:
  -alias string
        ssh connection's allias to conect
  -local
        use local storage (default true)
  -remote
        use remote storage (unimplemented)
Usage of drop:
  -force
        force operation
  -local
        use local storage (default true)
  -remote
        use remote storage (unimplemented)
Usage of import:
  -dry-run
        view what would be imported
  -skip-password
        skip password prompt
Usage of export:
  -skip-password
        skip password prompt
Usage of sshaman:
  -version
        show app details

ToDo

• Add Homebrew release
• Add apt/snap release
• Add nix derivation
• a.k.a OpenSSH's known_hosts handle
• Remote credentials repository