Coder.com•2mo ago

Devcontainer template fails to pull private repo, ssh-agent not available

envbuilder v1.0.0-rc.6+23d086e - Build development environments from repositories in a container
#1: 🔑 Using SSH authentication!
#1: 🔑 No SSH key found, falling back to agent!
#1: ❌ Failed to connect to SSH agent: error creating SSH agent: "SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified"
#1: 📦 Cloning [email protected]:my/repository.git to /workspaces/repository...
Failed to clone repository: clone "[email protected]:my/repository.git": error creating SSH agent: "SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified"
Falling back to the default image...

envbuilder v1.0.0-rc.6+23d086e - Build development environments from repositories in a container
#1: 🔑 Using SSH authentication!
#1: 🔑 No SSH key found, falling back to agent!
#1: ❌ Failed to connect to SSH agent: error creating SSH agent: "SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified"
#1: 📦 Cloning [email protected]:my/repository.git to /workspaces/repository...
Failed to clone repository: clone "[email protected]:my/repository.git": error creating SSH agent: "SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified"
Falling back to the default image...

What might I be missing to authorize my devcontainer to pull this repo?

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Codercord•2mo ago

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Coder OSS (v2)

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Phorcys•2mo ago

hey @ShamesBond, we have an ongoing issue for this

Phorcys•2mo ago

https://github.com/coder/envbuilder/issues/333

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Allow passing Git SSH key as an environment variable · Issue #333 ·...

Following up to a discord conversation where an user tries to clone a Git repository via SSH and is met with the following error: envbuilder v1.0.0-rc.6+23d086e - Build development environments fro...

Phorcys•2mo ago

I had a conversation with another user about this -> https://discord.com/channels/747933592273027093/971231372373033030/1279228570295599114 TL;DR use external auth for Git, mount the SSH key to a file or wait

ShamesBondOP•2mo ago

How do I tell envbuilder to use my external auth?

ShamesBondOP•2mo ago

Found https://github.com/coder/envbuilder?tab=readme-ov-file#http-authentication

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GitHub - coder/envbuilder: Build development environments from a Do...

Build development environments from a Dockerfile on Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. Enable developers to modify their development environment quickly. - coder/envbuilder

Codercord•2mo ago

@Phorcys closed the thread.

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Devcontainer template fails to pull private repo, ssh-agent not available