kenwenzel/ssh-agent repository overview

⁠SSH Agent Docker image

The exposed ssh-agent socket will be accessible to all users (not only root) in any container.
This is achieved by exposing a proxy socket (/.ssh-agent/proxy-socket) via socat.

⁠Usage

⁠1. Start the ssh-agent container

docker run -d --name=ssh-agent kenwenzel/ssh-agent

⁠2. Add your ssh keys

Replace ~/.ssh with the path to your keys and id_rsa with the key name.
If the key has a passphrase, you will be asked to enter it.

docker run --rm --volumes-from=ssh-agent -v ~/.ssh:/root/.ssh -it kenwenzel/ssh-agent ssh-add /root/.ssh/id_rsa

⁠3. Access SSH keys from the ssh-agent in other containers

Mount the ssh-agent socket and set the SSH_AUTH_SOCK variable in other containers.

Docker

docker run --rm --volumes-from=ssh-agent -e SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/.ssh-agent/proxy-socket -it <image> ssh-add -l

Docker Compose

  ...
  volumes_from:
    - ssh-agent
  ...
  environment:
    - SSH_AUTH_SOCK /.ssh-agent/proxy-socket
  ...

⁠Deleting all keys from the ssh-agent

docker run --rm --volumes-from=ssh-agent -it kenwenzel/ssh-agent ssh-add -D