ssh command doesn't work

[YourDeveloperFriend]

I followed the instructions here, particularly this line:

doskara-admin@port $ ssh factory "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh myapp" < myapp.tar.gz

But I get this error:

BuildError: 2014-04-02 16:18:46 +0000
Command: ssh factory "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh doskara.git"
ssh: Could not resolve hostname factory: Name or service not known

What I found odd about this command is that it doesn't have a user, and I'm not sure if "factory" will resolve to the correct host. So I tried nathan@doskara-dev-factory-host, but I got the same error:

BuildError: 2014-04-02 16:32:26 +0000
Command: ssh nathan@doskara-dev-factory-host "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh doskara.git"
ssh: Could not resolve hostname doskara-dev-factory-host: Name or service not known

Finally, I broke down, and set up a private/public key connection between git@port and nathan@factory, and now the command is:

ssh nathan@ec2-54-186-81-5.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com ...

I'm sure that's not what you had in mind. Let me know how I should continue.

[jayhendren]

Right, that’s expected behavior.

I mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but here’s a recap - Amazon doesn’t allow us to modify DNS entries on our cloud networks. There are two ways to get around this - by manually adding addresses to /etc/hosts for each host (this is in the documentation), or by signing up for Amazon route 53 or whatever their DNS service is called.

On Apr 2, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Nathan Tate notifications@github.com wrote:

I followed the instructions here, particularly this line:

doskara-admin@port $ ssh factory "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh myapp" < myapp.tar.gz
But I get this error:

BuildError: 2014-04-02 16:18:46 +0000
Command: ssh factory "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh doskara.git"
ssh: Could not resolve hostname factory: Name or service not known
What I found odd about this command is that it doesn't have a user, and I'm not sure if "factory" will resolve to the correct host. So I tried nathan@doskara-dev-factory-host, but I got the same error:

BuildError: 2014-04-02 16:32:26 +0000
Command: ssh nathan@doskara-dev-factory-host "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh doskara.git"
ssh: Could not resolve hostname doskara-dev-factory-host: Name or service not known
Finally, I broke down, and set up a private/public key connection between git@port and nathan@factory, and now the command is:

ssh nathan@ec2-54-186-81-5.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com ...
I'm sure that's not what you had in mind. Let me know how I should continue.

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[jayhendren]

In order for the command

doskara-admin@port $ ssh factory "/usr/local/doskara/build.sh myapp" < myapp.tar.gz

to work as intended, you will need to add the following line to /etc/hosts:

 54.186.81.5 factory

If you add port to the same private subnet as factory (preferred for security reasons), then you can use the following line instead:

10.0.0.81 factory

Though at this point, getting things working is more important than security.