rsssh

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rsssh

This is a simple project that makes use of RightScale API using rsc and builds a simple bash aliases file with SSH links to various machines in various environments.

The input configuration looks like this:

{
  "SshUser": "rightscale",
  "SshOptions": "-i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
  "OutputFile": "/Users/arangamani/.rightscale_aliases",
  "Environments": {
    "dev": {
      "Account": 12345,
      "Servers": {
        "lb": "Loadbalancer",
        "dbmaster": "Database Manager Master",
        "dbslave": "Database Manager Slave"
      },
      "ServerArrays": {
        "app": "Application Server"
      }
    },
    "prod": {
      "Account": 12346,
      "Servers": {
        "lb": "Loadbalancer",
        "dbmaster": "Database Manager Master",
        "dbslave": "Database Manager Slave"
      },
      "ServerArrays": {
        "app": "Application Server"
      }
    }
  }
}

The output is in bash aliases file format:

alias dev_lb='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias dev_dbmaster='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias dev_dbmaster='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias dev_app#1='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias prod_lb='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias prod_dbmaster='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias prod_dbmaster='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias prod_app#1='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias prod_app#2='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'
alias prod_app#3='ssh -i ~/.id_rsa_rightscale -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no rightscale@<IP Address>'

Add this to your bash profile:

if [ -f ~/.rightscale_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.rightscale_aliases
fi

Run it using

rsssh -e $RS_USER_EMAIL -p $RS_USER_PASSWORD

By default, the configuration file is read from ~/.rsssh, but it can be overridden using the -c flag.

Documentation

Overview

This example illustrates how to use CM 1.5 client to build a bash aliases file to login to various systems on various environments. The reference for the API can be found at http://reference.rightscale.com/api1.5/index.html.