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diff --git a/content/posts/WIP-org-ssh-export/index.org b/content/posts/WIP-org-ssh-export/index.org index 116fc0e..5527b4c 100644 --- a/content/posts/WIP-org-ssh-export/index.org +++ b/content/posts/WIP-org-ssh-export/index.org @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#+TITLE: Org SSH Export +#+TITLE: How I Keep Track of My Servers #+DATE: 2020-10-19T21:22:28-04:00 #+DRAFT: true #+DESCRIPTION: @@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ Raspberry Pis scattered around. Needless to say, I've got a lot to keep track of. I tried using a couple methods of keeping inventory of what I had running where, the -user names, IP addresses, and links. I also had to worry about making -sure my =~/.ssh/config= file was always up to date with VMs and -containers I create. +user names, IP addresses, and links, but found that none suited my +needs particularly well. I also had to worry about making sure my +=~/.ssh/config= file was always up to date with VMs and containers I +create. I'd already been playing with the idea of using an [[https://orgmode.org/][org mode]] file to keep track of servers with VMs and containers, as it seemed like that @@ -72,10 +73,10 @@ there's more I want to remember. From there I added either an =IP= or =Hostname= properties to each heading, along with other information about the system like =OS=, =SSH_USER=, etc. This allows me to use org-mode's [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Sparse-Trees.html][sparse trees]] to -search for, say, all VMs running OpenBSD. It also allows me to manage -servers like anything else in org-mode, adding [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Tags.html][tags]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/TODO-Items.html#TODO-Items][TODO]] entries, -[[https://orgmode.org/manual/Working-with-Source-Code.html#Working-with-Source-Code][code blocks]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Hyperlinks.html#Hyperlinks][hyperlinks]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Tables.html#Tables][tables]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Attachments.html#Attachments][attachments]], putting details in -[[https://orgmode.org/manual/Drawers.html#Drawers][drawers]], etc. +search for, say, all VMs running OpenBSD. Using org mode also allows +me to manage servers like anything else in an org mode document; +adding [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Tags.html][tags]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/TODO-Items.html#TODO-Items][TODO]] entries, [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Working-with-Source-Code.html#Working-with-Source-Code][code blocks]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Hyperlinks.html#Hyperlinks][hyperlinks]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Tables.html#Tables][tables]], +[[https://orgmode.org/manual/Attachments.html#Attachments][attachments]], putting details in [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Drawers.html#Drawers][drawers]], etc. #+begin_src org ,* home @@ -122,11 +123,16 @@ servers like anything else in org-mode, adding [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Tags #+end_src Finally to keep my SSH config up to date, I wrote [[https://github.com/dantecatalfamo/ox-ssh][ox-ssh]]. A backend -for the org mode [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Exporting.html][export engine]] that lets you export your buffer as an -SSH configuration file. It takes all of the properties from the server -headings and turns them into entries in a configuration file. It -[[https://github.com/dantecatalfamo/ox-ssh#usage][supports]] every client configuration option OpenSSH has, so I can -maintain my entire SSH client list from within my org mode file. - -#+caption: From the github readme +for the org mode [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Exporting.html][export engine]] that lets me export my buffer as an SSH +configuration file. It takes the properties from the all headings with +either an =IP= or =HOSTNAME= property and turns them into entries in a +configuration file. It [[https://github.com/dantecatalfamo/ox-ssh#usage][supports]] every client configuration option +OpenSSH has, so I can maintain my entire SSH client list from within +my org mode file. + +#+caption: From the GitHub readme [[file:ox-ssh-example.jpg]] + +For completeness, I also added a variable that lets me set a header to +the configuration when exporting. This lets me add options which apply +to all hosts, like keyring support for MacOS. |