capssh

A utility that allows you to easily SSH into a server defined in a capistrano configuration file.

Install

gem install capssh

Usage

capssh must be run from your project's root directory.

$ capssh -h
Usage: capssh [options]
    -e, --environment ENVIRONMENT    Specify the environment to connect to
    -r, --role ROLE                  Specify the role of the machine to connect to.  Defaults to :app.
    -c, --console                    Fire up a rails console in the project's deployment directory after connecting to the machine.
    -l, --list                       List the servers defined for the specified environment/role.
    -h, --help                       Show this message
    -v, --version                    Show version

Examples

# SSH to one of the production servers
capssh -e production

# Shortcut for SSHing into one of the production servers
capssh production

# SSH to the production server that is in the db role
capssh -e production -r db

# List the app servers that are configured for production
capssh -e production -r app -l

# If you only have one server defined, you can connect to it by simply running capssh
capssh

# SSH to the production server and kick off the Rails console
capssh -e production -c

# See all available options
capssh -h

Contributing

• Fork capssh
• Create a topic branch - git checkout -b my_branch
• Make your changes
• Add tests
• Rebase your branch so that all your changes are reflected in one commit
• Push to your branch - git push origin my_branch
• Create a Pull Request from your branch, include as much documentation as you can in the commit message/pull request, following these guidelines on writing a good commit message
• That's it!

License

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.