[SOLVED] How to use SSH with alias

Issue

I have an alias to a server machine: alias myserver='user@server'

however, I cannot ssh into it by using the alias: ssh myserver

ssh: Could not resolve hostname myserver: Name or service not known

the alias is correctly set: myserver returns bash: user@server: command not found.

Obviously, it works when I do it extensively: ssh user@server

what is going on? I am pretty sure it has been working until today... But not sure what I changed. Any help?

Solution

you can either have an Alias in your bash configuration which includes the actual ssh command aswell ...

alias myserver='ssh user@myserver'

... or have an alias in your ssh config file.

Host myserver
    HostName 10.10.20.20
    User user

ssh myserver should work.

A more extensive answer can be found for example here.

Answered By - Uwe