Re: Demystifying SSH configuration for remote software forges on Guix System

[jbranso@dismail.de]

May 10, 2024 at 3:57 AM, "Ashvith Shetty" <ashvithshetty10@gmail.com> wrote:



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> I would like to understand the process for configuring SSH for software forges, like Forgejo, GitLab or GitHub. So far, what I've noticed is that by itself, SSH does not work properly, and that after opening a new terminal session (window or tab, it does not matter), I am forced to repeat the following step every time, before any pull or push:
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> ```console
> 
> $ eval $(ssh-agent -s)
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> $ ssh-add <path-to-private-key>
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> ```

I fun sway, and I just put somelike like the above in my .profile;  When I log in, it auto prompts me for my ssh password.

> Before I continue any further, I wanted to let you folks know that presently, I am on XFCE4. I don't remember clearly if GNOME Desktop did some magic behind the back, or if I had to repeat similar steps over there, because I've not touched Git for some time.
> 
> I've tried adding GNOME Keyring as a service in the latest system configuration (of course, with XFCE4), assuming that this missing service was what I should have probably added, but that does not seem to be the case. What am I missing over here?
> And finally, I've come across `home-openssh-service-type` - which I've yet to try, but reading from the docs, am I supposed to put my private and public keys in the repository? How do I go about this? Isn't that a security risk?
> Thanks,
> Ashvith

Also this kind of question is probably better for help-guix@gnu.org

No worries.  This conversation is now on help-guix@gnu.org.

Thanks,

Joshua