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Specifies whether to emit SSH output over stdin/stdout.
--ssh-host-prefix
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_SSH_SSH_HOST_PREFIX
Strip this prefix from the provided hostname to determine the workspace name. This is useful when used as part of an OpenSSH proxy command.
-A, --forward-agent
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_SSH_FORWARD_AGENT
Specifies whether to forward the SSH agent specified in $SSH_AUTH_SOCK.
-G, --forward-gpg
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_SSH_FORWARD_GPG
Specifies whether to forward the GPG agent. Unsupported on Windows workspaces, but supports all clients. Requires gnupg (gpg, gpgconf) on both the client and workspace. The GPG agent must already be running locally and will not be started for you. If a GPG agent is already running in the workspace, it will be attempted to be killed.
--identity-agent
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_SSH_IDENTITY_AGENT
Specifies which identity agent to use (overrides $SSH_AUTH_SOCK), forward agent must also be enabled.
--workspace-poll-interval
Type
duration
Environment
$CODER_WORKSPACE_POLL_INTERVAL
Default
1m
Specifies how often to poll for workspace automated shutdown.
--wait
Type
yes|no|auto
Environment
$CODER_SSH_WAIT
Default
auto
Specifies whether or not to wait for the startup script to finish executing. Auto means that the agent startup script behavior configured in the workspace template is used.
--no-wait
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_SSH_NO_WAIT
Enter workspace immediately after the agent has connected. This is the default if the template has configured the agent startup script behavior as non-blocking.
-l, --log-dir
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_SSH_LOG_DIR
Specify the directory containing SSH diagnostic log files.
-R, --remote-forward
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_SSH_REMOTE_FORWARD
Enable remote port forwarding (remote_port:local_address:local_port).
-e, --env
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_SSH_ENV
Set environment variable(s) for session (key1=value1,key2=value2,...).
--network-info-dir
Type
string
Specifies a directory to write network information periodically.
--network-info-interval
Type
duration
Default
5s
Specifies the interval to update network information.
--disable-autostart
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_SSH_DISABLE_AUTOSTART
Default
false
Disable starting the workspace automatically when connecting via SSH.