CLI export of SSH private key does not export in the expected format.

Hi @teamwampa ! It's good that you ask. We are currently working on returning the open ssh format of private key with the CLI as well so we are more consistent with what the desktop app returns. This should be soon available in all item retrieval commands as well as in secret reference based commands. The pkcs8 format will also still be available to retrieve for backwards compatibility reasons.

All the best,
Andi

Thanks for your reply, any idea on when these updates will be released?

@teamwampa Thank you for your interest! We might have an update in the near future, but are unable to promise a date. Please stay tuned!

Hi! Is there any update on these changes?

Hi!

This issue has been reported since March 2022 and is still present (see https://1password.community/discussion/128054/how-to-export-ssh-private-key-using-cli).

@ArunV1P, can you please share an update.

Thank you.

Hey @sylr, this is now supported with our new release. Download the latest CLI and use the secret reference attributes: op read op://private/Key Name/Private Key?ssh-format=openssh. Also the default returned format for op item get is OpenSSH.

All the best,
Andi

@andrew_l_1P it does work indeed!

Thanks

i have a similar issue only related to how the Ansible Plugin for 1password works.

if you use op item get item_name --vault vault_name --fields private_key --format json the key in the value field is not the openSSH Key even though it was created in 1 password as an ED25519 Key

the Ansible plugin(s) rely on the json format of the output.