# smartssh setups SSH quickly and in a painless manner > Attention: This is still alpha, so some things won't work, not all things are implemented. ## Availabililty [![npm](https://push.rocks/assets/repo-button-npm.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/smartssh) [![git](https://push.rocks/assets/repo-button-git.svg)](https://gitlab.com/pushrocks/smartssh) [![git](https://push.rocks/assets/repo-button-mirror.svg)](https://github.com/pushrocks/smartssh) [![docs](https://push.rocks/assets/repo-button-docs.svg)](https://pushrocks.gitlab.io/smartssh/) ## Status for master [![build status](https://gitlab.com/pushrocks/smartssh/badges/master/build.svg)](https://gitlab.com/pushrocks/smartssh/commits/master) [![coverage report](https://gitlab.com/pushrocks/smartssh/badges/master/coverage.svg)](https://gitlab.com/pushrocks/smartssh/commits/master) [![npm downloads per month](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/smartssh.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/smartssh) [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/pushrocks/smartssh.svg)](https://david-dm.org/pushrocks/smartssh) [![bitHound Dependencies](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/smartssh/badges/dependencies.svg)](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/smartssh/master/dependencies/npm) [![bitHound Code](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/smartssh/badges/code.svg)](https://www.bithound.io/github/pushrocks/smartssh) [![TypeScript](https://img.shields.io/badge/TypeScript-2.x-blue.svg)](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/) [![node](https://img.shields.io/badge/node->=%206.x.x-blue.svg)](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v6.x/docs/api/) [![JavaScript Style Guide](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg)](http://standardjs.com/) ## Usage ```javascript var smartssh = require('smartssh'); var sshInstance = new smartssh.sshInstance({ sshDir: '/some/path/.ssh', // the standard ssh directory, optional, defaults to "~./.ssh" sshSync: true // sync ssh this instance will represent the status of an ssh dir if set to true; }); sshInstance.addKey( new smartssh.sshKey({ private: 'somestring', public: 'somestring', // optional host: 'github.com', encoding: 'base64' // optional, defaults to "utf8", can be "utf8" or "base64", useful for reading ssh keys from environment variables }) ); sshInstance.removeKey(sshInstance.getKey('github.com')); // removes key for host "github.com" is present sshInstance.createKey({ host: 'gitlab.com' // returns new key in the form sshKey, read more about the sshKey class below }); sshInstance.getKey({ // returns ssh key in the form sshKey, read more about the sshKey class below host: 'github.com' }); sshInstance.getKeys(); // returns array of all available getKeys. Each key is in form of class sshKey ``` [![npm](https://push.rocks/assets/repo-header.svg)](https://push.rocks)