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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eu
################################################################################
#
# For documentation see https://github.com/qoomon/aws-ssm-ssh-proxy-command
#
################################################################################
REGION_SEPARATOR='--'
INSTANCE_ID_PATTERN='^m?i-[0-9a-f]{8,17}$'
instance_name="$1"
ssh_user="$2"
ssh_port="$3"
ssh_public_key_path="$4"
export AWS_PROFILE="$5"
export AWS_REGION="$6"
getInstanceId() {
local instance_name="$1"
local instance_id=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --profile $AWS_PROFILE --filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=${instance_name}" --query "Reservations[].Instances[?State.Name == 'running'].InstanceId" --output text)
echo "${instance_id}"
}
if [[ $instance_name =~ $REGION_SEPARATOR ]]; then
export AWS_REGION="${instance_name##*"${REGION_SEPARATOR}"}"
instance_name="${instance_name%%"$REGION_SEPARATOR"*}"
fi
if [[ $instance_name =~ $INSTANCE_ID_PATTERN ]]; then
instance_id=$instance_name
else
instance_id=$( getInstanceId "$instance_name" )
if [[ -z $instance_id ]]; then
echo "Found no running instances with name \"${instance_name}\"."
exit 1
else
echo "Instance ID for \"${instance_name}\": \"${instance_id}\""
fi
fi
>/dev/stderr echo "Add public key ${ssh_public_key_path} for ${ssh_user} at instance ${instance_id} for 10 seconds"
ssh_public_key="$(cat "${ssh_public_key_path}")"
aws ssm send-command \
--profile $AWS_PROFILE \
--instance-ids "${instance_id}" \
--document-name 'AWS-RunShellScript' \
--comment "Add an SSH public key to authorized_keys for 10 seconds" \
--parameters commands="
\"
set -eu
mkdir -p ~${ssh_user}/.ssh && cd ~${ssh_user}/.ssh
authorized_key='${ssh_public_key} ssm-session'
echo \\\"\${authorized_key}\\\" >> authorized_keys
sleep 10
(grep -v -F \\\"\${authorized_key}\\\" authorized_keys || true) > authorized_keys~
mv authorized_keys~ authorized_keys
\"
"
>/dev/stderr echo "Start ssm session to instance ${instance_id}"
aws ssm start-session \
--profile $AWS_PROFILE \
--target "${instance_id}" \
--document-name 'AWS-StartSSHSession' \
--parameters "portNumber=${ssh_port}"
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