By spampirico
Hi everyone,
I developed a bash script which uses Terraform CLI to deploy a Debian 10 droplet. I noticed that to SSH into a server like that using my SSH private key, I have to type in the following commands, as in this thread https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/permission-denied-after-creating-droplet-using-ssh-keys
eval ssh-agent -s
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
I tried creating the same Debian 10 droplet from Digitalocean GUI and in this case I did not have to type in the ssh-agent and ssh-add commands.
Why this difference?
Are there some flags or options to set to avoid using the previous ssh commands?
Thank you
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Are you access the Debian machine in the same terminal? Once you start the agent and load your key, it should be good for the life of that session to access any systems using that key.
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