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mpepping's avatar
mpepping
Occasional Contributor
3 years ago

SSH Agent and Multiple Keys

Storing SSH keys in 1Password is a great feature, so I make use of it a lot and I store A LOT of SSH keys in 1Password. So far, so good :)

.. BUT: I don't want EVERY SSH-key to be loaded into the SSH-agent. I want to be able to SELECT which keys should loaded by the agent, or at least be able to DISABLE some keys from being loaded by the SSH-agent.

The reason for this is quite simple: all loaded keys will be offered/handshaked during a SSH connection. It makes no sense to do that for an unnecessary amount of keys that are solely in 1Password for vault/archive purposes.

Can we somehow get this in as a feature request?


1Password Version: 8.9.4
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  • mpepping's avatar
    mpepping
    Occasional Contributor

    Very cool. Didn't know a public-key could be used with IdentityFile. Thanks XIII.

  • XIII's avatar
    XIII
    Trusted Contributor

    You’re welcome.

    I did not know either until I started using the 1Password SSH agent…

  • mpepping's avatar
    mpepping
    Occasional Contributor

    Yeah, really cool. Works like a charm.

    The downside is though, when ProxyJump'ing to other hosts with AgentForwaring, the inbetween nodes also need to have the pub-keys + IdentityFile configuration in place.