Connecting to server using ssh alias results in "could not resolve hostname"

Posted by xylar on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by xylar
Published on 2012-11-27T16:08:18Z Indexed on 2012/11/27 17:06 UTC
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I am using the following to successfully connect to a server:

ssh -i /path/to/cert.pem [email protected]

I would like to create an alias for my host. I have the following in my .ssh/config

Host aliasname
Hostname 12.34.56.78
User username
IdentityFile /path/to/cert.pem

Then when I enter ssh aliasname it says: ssh: Could not resolve hostname aliasname: Name or service not known. Have I missed something?

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