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+title: "using short server names"
+date: 2020-08-12T12:04:32+02:00
+draft: false
+snippet_types:
+- ssh
+---
+
+It use to be when I was trying to ssh into one of my servers I would just: <Ctrl><r> in the shell to
+get my fzz backwards command search, type ssh, then scroll up and down until I found the correct server. As
+my number of servers has grown this is no longer manageable because I don't remember which IPs align
+with with server. Time for some human readable names.
+
+By adding something like this to your `~/.ssh/config`:
+
+```
+Host de1
+    HostName vxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.megasrv.de
+    User travis
+
+Host de2
+    HostName vyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyymegasrv.de
+    User travis
+
+Host de3
+    HostName vzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.megasrv.de
+    User travis
+
+Host nyc1
+    HostName 123.123.123.1233
+    User travis
+```
+
+sshing becomes as easy as:
+
+
+```shell
+$ ssh de2
+```
+
+source -- https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-per-host-ssh-configuration/