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Add an SSH Host entry for your workspaces "ssh coder.workspace"
Usage
coder config-ssh [flags]
Description
- You can use -o (or --ssh-option) so set SSH options to be used for all your
workspaces:
$ coder config-ssh -o ForwardAgent=yes
- You can use --dry-run (or -n) to see the changes that would be made:
$ coder config-ssh --dry-run
Options
--coder-binary-path
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_SSH_CONFIG_BINARY_PATH
Optionally specify the absolute path to the coder binary used in ProxyCommand. By default, the binary invoking this command ('config ssh') is used.
--disable-autostart
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_CONFIGSSH_DISABLE_AUTOSTART
Default
false
Disable starting the workspace automatically when connecting via SSH.
-n, --dry-run
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_SSH_DRY_RUN
Perform a trial run with no changes made, showing a diff at the end.
--ssh-config-file
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_SSH_CONFIG_FILE
Default
~/.ssh/config
Specifies the path to an SSH config.
--ssh-host-prefix
Type
string
Environment
$CODER_CONFIGSSH_SSH_HOST_PREFIX
Override the default host prefix.
-o, --ssh-option
Type
string-array
Environment
$CODER_SSH_CONFIG_OPTS
Specifies additional SSH options to embed in each host stanza.
--use-previous-options
Type
bool
Environment
$CODER_SSH_USE_PREVIOUS_OPTIONS
Specifies whether or not to keep options from previous run of config-ssh.
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.