Trying to organize i2cssh and iterm2

[Neil Hart]

I'm trying to see what is possible with using i2cssh and iterm2.  I've been using both for a while but not in a very organized way.

One of the starting points for this is that I am limited in what I can deploy on the remote servers so I am not looking at tmux or mosh yet.

I normally have several windows open with split panes for various clusters of servers.  For example:

• qa1
• 4 split panes (1 for each host like qa1_a, qa2_b, etc)
• qa2
• 4 split panes
• prod
• 8 split panes

There are over 12 environments that I can have windows open for.

There are a few things that would help me organized this.

• Naming the windows by the environment name (qa1, etc).  Currently they are "ssh"
• Naming the pane by the hostname.  I believe I know how to do this but I don't want it to be tied to changing the window name.
• And the ideal way would be when starting a new i2cssh cluster, open them all in the same window in tabs.
• So a single window with a title of "All Clusters" or something
• Tabs for each new cluster I open with a title of the cluster or environment
• Panes in each tab with a title of the host

I'll need to change the calls from i2cssh to call iterm properly but wanted to know what is possible.  And if I need to create a new profile for each matching i2cssh cluster, I can script that and create dynamic profiles.  I'm just wanted an idea of where to start and if this has been done before.

Thanks

Neil

[George Nachman]

You can have your sessions (and therefore tabs and windows) named after their profile. Turn on "Show profile name" in Prefs > Appearance. If the remote host changes the title by an escape sequence, you can ensure it remains by turning on Prefs > Profiles > Window > Preserve profile name in tab title.

I don't know much about i2cssh, so I can't offer help with that.

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[Neil Hart]

It looks like I can control the window and tab titles but not the pane.  There is an issue for that: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/2038

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