Connection with ssh-agent

[CoderMcDaniel]

I am using the 0.26.2 step-ca container. I have successfully been able to bootstrap a client (step-cli container 0.26.2). However on a large portion of the step-cli commands I get an error stating that I cannot connect to the SSH agent. I confirmed that the host (RHEL8) I am running the CLI container on has an SSH agent. How should I configure the container to interact with the SSH agent?

Thanks for any help!

[hslatman]

Hey @CoderMcDaniel,

If you run the SSH agent on your host, and want step in a Docker container to interface with it, you'll have to share the SSH agent socket with the Docker container. This blog explains how you can do so: https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/sharing-an-ssh-agent-between-a-host-machine-and-a-docker-container/.

Generally users run step natively on their machine, so that step can interact with the SSH agent directly. That way you don't need to share the SSH agent socket with the Docker container.

[CoderMcDaniel]

@hslatman Thanks for the help. That is somewhat what I figured.

I did see this article before, but did not see SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable set. Do I need to evaluate the return of 'ssh-agent'? "eval ssh-agent"?