SSH Cheats a.k.a. useful shortcuts

In this article I will post all my favorite SSH features.

SSH is super powerful tool if you know how to use it properly.

SSH Aliases

Instead of typing ssh root@some-db-server-in-the-cloud.com -P 2222 you can set up aliases to use something like ssh db1, which will save you a lot of time on typing. To do that, open your .ssh/config file and create following entry:

Host db1
    hostname some-db-server-in-the-cloud.com 
    User root
    Port 2222

It will also work anywhere SSH protocol is used - scp, rsync, git origins, etc.

You will also have a static entry in VSCode connect to remote host list, which is very handy.