SSH Shell Menu written in Python

Source: https://github.com/lanbugs/ssm

This is a small python script for a shell menu to manage and open ssh connections.

Requirements

• python3
• dialog
• pythondialog

Installation

Install Debian packages and pip packages

apt install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools dialog
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Copy ssm to /usr/bin/local

cp ssm /usr/bin/local
chmod +x /usr/bin/local/ssm

Create connections.ini

Create folder in home directory and create connections.ini file.

mkdir ~/.ssm
cd ~/.ssm
touch connections.ini

For each server create a new section in the connections.ini file.

[example1]
description=Example1 Server
user=root
server=server1.example.org
port=22
options=
ssh_key=

You can use different ssh keys for each connection and you can define options for ssh command.

Use it!

ssm