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Former Member's avatar
Former Member
2 years ago

Win11 + 1Password8 -> VSCode -> WSL -> devContainer

I'm trying to set up SSH Key Management in 1Password and use the ss-agent functionality.

  • I have it properly working on the host Win11 system, I can properly log on to a git server, as well as sign commits and retrieve available keys via ssh-add.exe
  • I'm using VSCode in combination with WSL. Also for this level of inception, I have this properly working now. The ssh-agent is forwarded into WSL and I can properly log on to a git server, as well as sign commits and retrieve available keys via ssh-add.exe.
  • Now inside WSL, docker is running and I'm trying to work with devcontainers. Here I'm struggling to get things to work. ssh-add -L is not returning anything and ssh-add.exe is not available, since the host file system is not at this level, only on WSL.

Is there a manual somewhere how to get this to work?

Thanks in advance

1Password Version: 8.10.22
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Win11
Browser: Not Provided

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  • nbaileyMA's avatar
    nbaileyMA
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    I had previously set it up the way it was described in that link, but I undid all of that after the latest release.

    1Password for Windows 8.10.22 (81022040)

    I followed the instructions here, which it sounds like you already did. https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/integrations/wsl/

    But with that, everything worked for me in the dev containers. Running ssh-add -l within my dev container lists my keys from Windows. Are you launching right into the dev container? Or do you open the workspace in WSL first?

    My environment specifically is:
    - Windows 11 (23H2)
    - WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04)
    - VSCode

    When I open WSL, I take the following steps:
    - cd to directory of my repo
    - code .
    - When VS Code opens it prompts me to authorize 1Password via Windows Hello
    - Once that's done, then I Reopen in Container from VSCode's command window (Ctrl-Shift-P)
    - When I run ssh-add -l

  • Speedbird186's avatar
    Speedbird186
    New Contributor
    8 months ago

    nbaileyMA Seems like I am having a similar issue. My setup seems to mirror what you do, except that I don't use SSH to sign into the remote git repo. This means that when I open VS Code in WSL2, I don't get prompted by 1Password.

    On the Windows 11 host and in WSL2, I can sign my commits with the key in 1Password. However, in any devcontainer, I can't. The error is:

    fatal: cannot exec '/mnt/c/Users/svaelter/AppData/Local/1Password/app/8/op-ssh-sign-wsl': No such file or directory

    Indeed, in the devcontainer /mnt/c/... does not exist (and I don't really expect it to exist). I am not sure what configuration I need to provide in the devcontainer to tell it which sign tool to use.

    Yet, like you, ssh-add -l in the container shows the same keys as on the Windows 11 host.

    Thanks for any help!