Dynamically creates a menu containing a list of AWS EC2 instances selected using tags.
dynamic-sshmenu-aws generates sshmenu-style lists to connect to aws instances. It searches instances by aws instances tags that you can define as arguments. dynamic-sshmenu-aws executes ssh __ip_address__ after choosing a menu item.
First of all, you should setup credentials to interact with AWS services:
If you are using bastion server, you can set it as proxy in ssh config as follows:
Host 172.31.*.*
ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p 203.0.113.25
ForwardAgent=yes
172.31.*.* - your aws instances private addresses range, 203.0.113.25 - bastion server public ip.
Use ssh agent forwarding to prevent keeping your private ssh keys on bastion servers.
AWS instances must have tags to find by.
You can see the dynamic-sshmenu-aws help by running it without arguments or with -h argument.
--tags value, -t value instance tags in "key1:value1,value2;key2:value1" format. If undefined, full list will be shown
--display-name value, -d value key of instance tag to display its values in results (default: "Name")
--public-ip, -p use public ip instead of private (default: false)
--help, -h show help
--version, -v print the version
The application doesn't work in mingw or similar terminals. You can use default cmd.exe, windows terminal or run linux version of dynamic-sshmenu-aws in wsl. Windows doesn't provide ssh connections ability by default. You must have ssh.exe installed in any of PATH directories. For example, you can install GitBash.