Commander can run an SSH Agent service for establishing remote connections.
The ssh-agent command is used to load up all of the SSH keys in the vault and start an SSH Agent service. SSH connections can be seamlessly established directly using the Keeper Commander SSH Agent without having to store keys on the local filesystem. SSH connections can then be established using any standard terminal.
The SSH agent service scans all records in the Keeper Vault based on different criteria such as:
A record type "SSH Key" or "Server" with a private key and optional password/passphrase
Any record with a single SSH key file attachment
Command: ssh-agent
Detail: Starts a local SSH Agent process on the local computer using keys from the vault.
Options:
start: Starts the SSH Agent service and loads up all keys
stop: Stops the SSH Agent service
info: Displays SSH Agent status
log: Displays connection log history
Starting the SSH Agent Service from the Commander CLI
Directly starting the SSH Agent without the shell:
To use the SSH Agent from your favorite terminal or connection tool, the environmental variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK must be set in the terminal or in your startup file. For example.... export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.keeper/me@demo.com.ssh_agent Then, simply SSH from your terminal: $ ssh <host>
Stopping the SSH Agent service