This has been archived - please see https://github.com/pygmystack/ssh-agent for the replacement

ssh-agent - ARCHIVED

ssh-agent in a container.

Usage

1. Run a long-lived container named ssh-agent.

This container declares a volume that hosts the agent's socket so that other invocations of the ssh client can interact with it.

docker run -d --name=ssh-agent whilp/ssh-agent:latest

2. Add your ssh keys

Run a temporary container which has access to both the volumes from the long-lived ssh-agent container as well as a volume mounted from your host that includes your SSH keys. This container will only be used to load the keys into the long-lived ssh-agent container. Run the following command once for each key you wish to make available through the ssh-agent:

docker run --rm --volumes-from=ssh-agent -v ~/.ssh:/ssh -it whilp/ssh-agent:latest ssh-add /ssh/<host_key_file_name>

3. (optional) Add known_hosts

Host key verification failed is common if known_hosts are not setup. Hosts such as github.com or bitbucket.org will require host key validation. Follow this step to copy any known_hosts from your host to the ssh-agent.

docker run --rm --volumes-from=ssh-agent -v ~/.ssh:/ssh -it whilp/ssh-agent:latest cp /ssh/known_hosts /root/.ssh/known_hosts

4. Access via other containers

Now, other containers can access the keys via the ssh-agent by setting the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable.

Example 1 - List Keys

docker run --rm -it --volumes-from=ssh-agent -e SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/root/.ssh/socket ubuntu /bin/bash -c "apt-get install -y openssh-client && ssh-add -l"

Example 2 - Test known_hosts

Test optional known_hosts configuration (assuming you followed step 3 above and have Github keys setup)

docker run --rm -it --volumes-from=ssh-agent -e SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/root/.ssh/socket ubuntu /bin/bash -c "apt-get install -y openssh-client && ssh -T git@github.com"

Compatibility

This approach is tested with:

• OSX / Virtualbox / docker-machine