Storing SSH keys in 1Password - really doesn't work at all well

Ben

Hey @nikanorov — I've recorded your input. Thanks!

Ben

DigitalOxygen.ca

Kind of shocked there isn't a good method for storing SSH keys in 1Password yet. Please add me to the list of users who really wants this.

Ben

Hey @DigitalOxygen.ca

Have you looked into adding the keys to 1Password as Documents?

Save important files in 1Password

That may be a workable solution, and is what I personally currently do. :) Please let me know.

Ben

MatthewPackwood

Maybe this is an extension to the CLI tool that would be worth looking at?

ag_ana

@MatthewPackwood:

Can you please elaborate? Were you thinking about something specifically?

MatthewPackwood

Maybe a way to propagate an ssh key from 1Password into a rsa file that we can move into place in the .ssh folder, I am not sure if there is a elegant way to transfer a file using the CLI. Also maybe a better way to store them in the vault.

ag_ana

@MatthewPackwood:

Maybe a way to propagate an ssh key from 1Password into a rsa file that we can move into place in the .ssh folder, I am not sure if there is a elegant way to transfer a file using the CLI.

You can indeed create a document with the CLI, and then retrieve them ;)

MatthewPackwood

I will give it a try....

ag_ana

Sounds good :+1: :)

MatthewPackwood

Yep, the basics work fine, I will probably write a script to make things more interactive and post to GitHub....

ag_ana

Thank you for the update and for the help @MatthewPackwood! That's good to hear :)

felixthecat

It would be nice if 1password made a special type record for SSH Keys. The Document record works rather as a workaround. If I want to store relevant metadata about SSH key (e.g. format, bit strength, passphrase, date, etc.), I have to manually create fields for each key I add to 1password. That's time-consuming and therefore counter-productive.
Besides, when one decides to migrate to 1password from another password manager, e.g. LastPass, where SSH Key record is a thing, all your SSH key records get transferred as a mess. You have to go and manually convert them to Document format or find another way to manage them.
Please consider adding SSH Key record type to 1password.

ag_ana

@felixthecat:

Thank you for the feedback as well :+1:

mwoodward

+1 for storing ssh keys

machale

+1 for SSH as first-class citizens :)

patrickburrell

+1 for full support of SSH keys

dov

• 1, and it would be nice if 1Password could also generate SSH keys

bedge

ssh keys just need to be a native data type in 1p.
Everything else is a nonstandard hack that will be different every time someone on a team tries to save ssh keys.

gustaferiksson

I would give a kidney for a dedicated ssh key category

FHTheron

+1, even just a document collection would be nice. Keep file pairs together easily.

GardnerOne

I would also love to see some way of storing SSH keys in 1Password, thanks!

TKU

+1 I would also be very happy to see this feature "storing SSH Keys" implemented!

Lars

Thanks, folks! We appreciate the enthusiasm. Nothing to share right now, however.

matyasrichter

+1 on this issue

Lars

:) :+1:

spapanik

+1 for this feature. For the time being, I'm saving gpg and ssh key pairs as tarballs, but it would be easier to have a public_key and private_key fields

edward_silicon

+1 for this functionality as well. I'm using the secure note type for now, but it's pretty clunky for this usecase.

P1h3r1e3d13

+1 from me too. I'm trying 1Password as an alternative to LastPass, which has a way to do this, though not slickly.

Lars

:) :+1:

ferni

+1 The only option currently in 1Password is to store it as "Safe Note", but this is more than impractical.