OpenSSH Series 9: Split the ssh_config

Posted on 2019-01-19 Edited on 2024-12-03 In Docs Disqus:

When you have so many machines, the ssh_config will become large and hard to find the exact host.

Split the ssh_config

OpenSSH also supports configuration splitting.

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~ ❤  cat ~/.ssh/config
Include config.d/*
...

I suggest you split ssh_config with your company name or department name.

~ ❤  tree -L 2 .
.
├── README.md
├── authorized_keys
├── config
├── config.d
│   ├── Netease
│   ├── SEU
│   └── Tencent
└── known_hosts

Currently, VSCode remote ssh doesn’t support the configuration spliting. If you want to use this feature, you have to make sure the host you want connect is in the ~/.ssh/config