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Theodor Heiselberg
Theodor Heiselberg

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Share Git credentials with your container and use ssh access - use dotfiles like a pro!

#applesilicon #devcontainer #git #ssh

This is a run down of this article - Link! On how to access your git accounts from within your running devcontainers using SSH.

  1. Add openssh-client to your Dockerfile 
RUN apt-get update && \  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \  git \  curl \  unzip \  stow \  zsh \  openssh-client \ # <-- ADD && \ # Clean up the apt cache to keep the image size small rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
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  1. Allow Agent Forwarding 
Host s1 HostName stash.stil.dk AddKeysToAgent yes User x151998 UseKeychain yes IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.stil ForwardAgent yes # <-- ADD
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  1. Start your devcontainer

How to test the setup

root# echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK /tmp/vscode-ssh-auth-secret.sock root# ssh-add -l 2048 SHA256:finger sukkerfrit@secret.local (RSA) root# ssh -T git@github.com Hi sukkergris! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
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Now let's enable the usage of aliases!

  1. Add .ssh to your dotfiles 
Host g1 HostName github.com User git ForwardAgent yes PreferredAuthentications publickey
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So, if you like me ara using aliases you can now use git from within your container :)

Vola!

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