Use 1password to manage ssh keys in WSL

marcogorelli

I have a Windows laptop, but use the WSL for development.

How can I use 1password to manage ssh keys for me for GitHub?

The document https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/agent assumes you're using a Windows app and then using ssh keys on Windows. However, I am using the Windows app but ssh keys in Linux

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1Password Version: 8.10.5
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: windows 11 pro
Browser:_ firefox

justinbarclay

I talk about my experience of getting 1Password working with WSL2 here, but the TLDR is to call the Windows version of SSH directly in your git config

[core]
  sshProgram = "ssh.exe"

marcogorelli

This worked perfectly, thank you so much!

In summary, I followed the windows instructions, and then, in wsl, in ~/.gitconfig, I put

[core]
    sshCommand = "ssh.exe"

MartonS1P

Thanks for sharing your solution and blogpost, @justinbarclay! Glad to hear it resolved your issue, @marcogorelli.

marcogorelli

any chance this could be added to the docs please?

MartonS1P

@marcogorelli we're looking into adding this to our official docs.