zzh

SSH with zsh provisioning

Shell functions which SSH to a remote machine and install zsh, without needing root permissions, if not already present. The functions can also be used to install zsh locally.

Requirements for the machine where the functions get executed:

• gcc
• libncurses
• wget
• git
• ssh

Use this to make sure you have all of them installed:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential libncurses5-dev wget git openssh-client

Usage

Might want to source zzh in your .zshrc/.bashrc file.

source path/to/this/repo/zzh

Or just copy the contents directly into them.

The command works as ssh but doesn't support executing a command.

zzh my_user@my_remote_instance -i my_pem_file

How it works

The shell functions are sent to the remote machine and then executed. install_zsh will download zsh, unpack and install it. After that it will install Oh My Zsh and download a powerlevel10k configuration file. Everything will be installed in ~/.zsh. The powerlevel10k configuration file will be downloaded in the current user's home folder (~/.p10k.zsh). If you want to remove anything installed by the functions, just delete this folder and file.