Opening multiple SSH sessions with iTerm automatically. To be used in an Automator flow.

README.md

Create a new Automater flow

Add 'Service'. Service receives 'no input' in 'iTerm'. Add 'Run AppleScript'.

iterm-multiple-ssh-sessions.scpt

-- Launch iTerm and log into multiple servers using SSH
tell application "iTerm"
	activate
	create window with default profile
	-- Read serverlist from file path below
	set Servers to paragraphs of (do shell script "/bin/cat $HOME/serverlist")
	repeat with nextLine in Servers
		-- If line in file is not empty (blank line) do the rest
		if length of nextLine is greater than 0 then
			-- set server to "nextLine"
			-- set term to (current terminal)
			-- set term to (make new terminal)
			-- Open a new tab
			-- tell term
			tell current window
				create tab with default profile
				tell current session
					write text "ssh " & nextLine
					-- sleep to prevent errors if we spawn too fast
					do shell script "/bin/sleep 0.01"
				end tell
			end tell
		end if
	end repeat
	-- Close the first tab since we do not need it
	-- terminate the first session of the current terminal
	tell first tab of current window
		close
	end tell
end tell