ssh-agent on Windows Subsystem for Linux
03/14/2019 — 1 Min Read — In Development
It took a lot of googling to finally find a solution for setting up ssh-agent properly on WSL, so I'm not entering my ssh passphrase every time I do anything requiring it.
Add this to your profile (.bashrc
or .zshrc
):
eval $(ssh-agent -s)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Now, when you start a new terminal you'll be asked for your passphrase, and it'll get used automatically in that session!