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smfelsher
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9 months ago

VSCode dev container and SSH

I am trying to use my SSH keys, which are stored in 1Password, in a dev container launched within VSCode. Here is my ~/.ssh/config ``` Gitlab Host gitlab.com HostName gitlab.com ...
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smfelsher
Occasional Contributor
9 months ago

From man ssh:

IdentityAgent

Specifies the Unix-domain socket used to communicate with the authentication agent.

This option overrides the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable and can be used to select a specific agent. Setting the socket name to none disables the use of an authentication agent. If the string "SSH_AUTH_SOCK" is specified, the location of the socket will be read from the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable. Otherwise if the specified value begins with a ‘$’ character, then it will be treated as an environment variable containing the location of the socket.

Arguments to IdentityAgent may use the tilde syntax to refer to a user's home directory, the tokens described in the “TOKENS” section and environment variables as described in the “ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES” section.

So, to make this work both locally and in a dev container:
1. export the SSH_AUTH_SOCK in your shell's config file (.bashrc, .zshrc, etc.).
2. Use IdentifyAgent SSH_AUTH_SOCK in the ~/.ssh/config file