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pcluster ssh

Runs an ssh command with the user name and IP address of the cluster pre-populated. Arbitrary arguments are appended to the end of the ssh command. This command can be customized in the aliases section of the configuration file.

pcluster ssh [ -h ] [ -d ] [ -r REGION ] cluster_name

Positional arguments

Named arguments

Examples using Amazon ParallelCluster version 2.11.7:

$ pcluster ssh -d mycluster -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa
SSH command: ssh ec2-user@1.1.1.1 -i /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa

$ pcluster ssh mycluster -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Runs ssh command with the user name and IP address of the cluster pre-populated:

ssh ec2-user@1.1.1.1 -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa

The ssh command is defined in the global configuration file under the [aliases] section. It can be customized as follows.

[ aliases ]
ssh = ssh {CFN_USER}@{MASTER_IP} {ARGS}

Variables substituted: