Try Your Best To Avoid Any SSH Operations. Yes, I deeply believe in this principle. But my reality is the automation is never so perfect. I still need to login and check system status sometimes. Though the chance is rare.
It may happen at nights or even when I’m on vacation. So what I can do? Just carry my laptop with me wherever I go? This is certainly bad, isn’t it?

We’re living in the world of ChatOps. And mobile phones dominate our daily life (Sadly!) So why don’t we implement a ChatOps bot for this? Here comes a slack command: /chatqueryhost. (Note: The solution is not limited to Slack)

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