Initializing an ssh session from cap 3? - ssh

Question

I used to use cap-ssh for a shortcut to initiate an ssh connection to the server, but it doesn't look like it works in capistrano 3 anymore.
Does anyone have any suggestions for starting an ssh connection from capistrano in cap 3?

Answer 1

You can define ssh task like this:
desc 'Start an ssh session to your servers.'
task :ssh do
role = (ENV['ROLE'] || :app).to_sym
on roles(role) do
hosts = env.instance_variable_get(:#servers).instance_variable_get(:#servers)
hosts = hosts.select { |h| h.roles.include? role } if role
if hosts.size > 1
$stdout.puts "Pick a server to connect to:"
hosts.each.with_index do |host, i|
$stdout.puts "\t#{i + 1}: #{host.user}##{host.hostname} role: #{host.roles.to_a}"
end
selected = $stdin.gets
selected = 1 if selected.empty?
host = hosts[selected.to_i - 1]
else
host = hosts.first
end
fail "No server defined!" unless host
port = host.netssh_options[:port] || fetch(:ssh_options) && fetch(:ssh_options)[:port] || 22
system "ssh -t -p #{port} #{host.user}##{host.hostname} #{host.netssh_options[:forward_agent] ? '-a' : ''} 'cd #{current_path}; bash --login'"
end
end