How to start a SSH connection based on a configuration with Net::SSH?

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Net:SSH offers me two class methods:

With configuration_for() I can get the configuration from the ssh config file as a hash and with start() I can initialize a new ssh connection.

Why is or is there no overload for start(), which takes a configuration hash?

Damiano Stoffie · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-24 20:23:36Z

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http://net-ssh.github.io/ssh/v2/api/classes/Net/SSH/Config.html

The page says:

Note that you will never need to use this class directly—you can control whether the OpenSSH configuration files are read by passing the :config option to Net::SSH.start. (They are, by default.)

Also take a look a the translate method:

Given a hash of OpenSSH configuration options, converts them into a hash of Net::SSH options. Unrecognized options are ignored. The settings hash must have Strings for keys, all downcased, and the returned hash will have Symbols for keys.

So, from what I read, if there's interesting stuff in the configuration files, it will be picked up by default just by calling start. Hope this helps you since I have no experience whatsoever with Net::SSH

answered Oct 24, 2015 at 20:23

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