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whatsyourpassword
New Contributor
2 months ago

Question/Feature Request: Active/Inactive SSH Keys per Machine

Hello! I'm starting a new position today, and I'd like to continue to use 1Password for all the various things it does. One problem that I'm currently facing is that I don't want to expose/leak...
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Michael_Mercuri
Contributor
2 months ago

Not sure this if this what you're asking about, but I use many SSH keys with 1Password. It's possible to control which SSH key is used for which account (user@host) by configuring them in ~/.ssh/config file. In fact, this isn't a feature specific to 1Password. It's how SSH works.

For more details on the ~/.ssh/config file:
https://linux.die.net/man/5/ssh_config

I typically specify keys using IdentityFile option in ~/.ssh/config to identify the SSH public key I'm using for a specific user and host, with the private key stored securely in 1Password.

Depending on what you're looking to do, it might be possible using ~/.ssh/config.