SSH RDP Connect

ssh_rdp_connect.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
## USAGE: ./ssm_rdp_connect.sh [instance name] OR ./ssm_rdp_connect.sh [instance ID]
## Then connect your RDP client - e.g. Remmina or Microsoft Remote Desktop to localhost:3389.
## You must be authenticated to the correct AWS profile before running.

echo "Attempting to find instance $1 ..."
QUERY_RESULT="$(aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].[Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value[] | [0], InstanceId]' --output text | grep -i "$1" | head -n1)"
INSTANCE_NAME=$(echo "$QUERY_RESULT" | cut -f1)
INSTANCE_ID=$(echo "$QUERY_RESULT" | rev | cut -f1 | rev)

if [ -z "$INSTANCE_ID" ]; then
    echo "The specified instance was not found. :-("
    echo "Are you authenticated to the right account?"
    exit 1
else
    echo "Instance ID: $INSTANCE_ID"
    if [ -n "$INSTANCE_NAME" ]; then # Not all instances are named; we don't error if we don't find a name.
        echo "Instance Name: $INSTANCE_NAME"
    fi
fi

echo "Attempting to start port forwarding on port 3389, connect the RDP client to localhost on this port."
aws ssm start-session --target "$INSTANCE_ID" --document-name AWS-StartPortForwardingSession --parameters "localPortNumber=3389,portNumber=3389"