Configure OpenSSH to reuse ssh connections

Configure ssh client (OpenSSH) to reuse connections:

Follow the following instructions https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20410252/how-to-reuse-an-ssh-connection and how to use them in https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexing (ControlMaster)

ControlMaster
ControlPath
ControlPersist

Example

ControlMaster== auto
ControlPath ~/.ssh/sockets/%r@%h-%p
ControlPersist 36000

Change log

OpenSSH 4.2: September 1, 2005 https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.2

• Added ControlMaster=auto/autoask options to support opportunistic multiplexing (see the ssh_config manpage for details).

Related terms

• MaxSessions
• Stop session multiplexing: ssh -O stop

See also

• sshd, sshd logs, sshd -t, sshd -T, sshd_config, sftp
• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF