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smfelsher
Occasional Contributor
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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Speedbird186
New Contributor
9 months ago

Hi smfelsher,

I've been trying to resolve a similar issue, however, my setup is a little different.

My host OS is Windows and I use WSL2 for some coding. In VS Code in Windows and VS Code in WSL2, signing my commits with a key from 1Password works beautifully.

However, when I launch a devcontainer from WSL2, something's not working.

I am trying to see how your solution might help me resolve my issue, but I am not sure how to do it.

$SSH_AUTH_SOCK in WSL2 is empty.
$SSH_AUTH_SOCK in the devcontainer in WSL2 contains a socket referencing

ssh-add -l in WSL2 returns an error: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

ssh-add -l in the devcontainer in WSL returns the same list of keys as on the Windows host OS (so at least something seems to work...).

I would appreciate any ideas you might have.

PS: In your latest reply, in step 2, I think you mean IdentityAgent instead of IdentifyAgent?