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setting up SSH via .ssh/config
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| # make sure to move your .pem file for SSH auth to ~/.ssh & chmod 0400 the file | |
| chmod 0400 your-server-identity.pem | |
| # open ~/.ssh/config with your favorite text editer and drop in the following plumbing (replace the IP/host of your server and username and point to the correct pem file) | |
| Host my-server | |
| HostName 54.157.228.255 | |
| User your-user-name | |
| IdentityFile ~/.ssh/your-server-identity.pem | |
| IdentitiesOnly yes | |
| # after saving the file you can simply ssh into the server like so: | |
| ssh my-server |
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