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Former Member
3 years ago

Chosing which SSH key to use

Hi there, I have been a 1password user for many years and it't one of my favorite productivity tools. I decided to migrate my SSH keys to it and it works really nicely, but I have found an issue. ...
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1P_Simon
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3 years ago

Hi @purrpledev, XIII is right that you can leverage the SSH configuration to achieve this. Here's four steps to take to achieve this:

  1. Download the public key for both SSH key items:
Download your public key

  1. Move the public keys to your ~/.ssh/ directory.

  2. Configure hosts for your personal and work GitHub profile by appending the following to your ~/.ssh/config:

```

Personal GitHub

Host personalgit
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/personal_git.pub
IdentitiesOnly yes

Work GitHub

Host workgit
HostName github.com
User git
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/work_git.pub
IdentitiesOnly yes
```

Make sure the IdentityFile matches the names of the files at step 2.

  1. For each repo, change the git URL to use one of the new hosts instead of git@github.com:


git remote set-url origin <host>:<workplace>/<repo>.git

For example:


git remote set-url origin personalgit:1password/1password-teams-open-source.git

Now your SSH clients will know which SSH key to use for each repository and the right GitHub account will be used for each.

I'll also file a feature request on your behalf to explore if we can detect the duplicate configuration and prompt for you to pick an SSH key if so.