[SSH Agent Configuration] Configuring SSH Agent to automatically add ssh keys for password less login #ssh #tips #git

Configuring SSH Agent for password less login.sh

# add the below scriptlet to your ~/.bashrc

# File to store the SSH Agent environment
SSH_ENV=$HOME/.ssh/environment

# start the ssh-agent
function start_agent {
    echo "Initializing new SSH agent..."
    /usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > "${SSH_ENV}"
    echo "Agent started...."
    
    # Source environment, which sets SSH_AGENT_PID in the current environment
    chmod 600 "${SSH_ENV}"
    . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
    
    # Adding keys to ssh agent
    find ~/.ssh -type f -name *id_rsa -exec /usr/bin/ssh-add {} \;
}

# Do not start SSH Agent if SSH agent is still running as the same PID 
# as the one stored in the environment

if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
     . "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
         ps -ef | grep ${SSH_AGENT_PID} | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
            start_agent;
        }
else
    start_agent;
fi