Unable to connect to container with ssh unless SSH key is in a running SSH agent

[marcpawl]

Issue Type: Bug

[2019-12-12 18:29:48.396] [renderer1] [error] connect ENOENT \.\pipe\openssh-ssh-agent: Error: connect ENOENT \.\pipe\openssh-ssh-agent
at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1054:14)

Connection works in cmd and powershell

C:\Users\mpawlowsky\dcrdev\remote>echo %DOCKER_HOST%
ssh://mpawlowsky@dcrdev

C:\Users\mpawlowsky\dcrdev\remote>docker exec rhel72_64 ls /hotel
1002
u1002

C:\Users\mpawlowsky\dcrdev\remote>

Extension version: 0.94.0
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.41.0-insider (9579eda04fdb3a9bba2750f15193e5fafe16b959, 2019-12-10T21:44:16.632Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 x 3312)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off surface_control: disabled_off surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: enabled_on viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.89GB (6.75GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[marcpawl]

contents of settings.json
{
"docker.host":"ssh://mpawlowsky@dcrdev"
}

[marcpawl]

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-test-explorer	hbe	2.15.0
vscode-catch2-test-adapter	mat	2.7.8
remote-containers	ms-	0.94.0
remote-ssh	ms-	0.48.0
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.48.0
remote-ssh-explorer	ms-	0.48.0
remote-wsl	ms-	0.41.5
vscode-remote-extensionpack	ms-	0.17.0
cmake-tools	ms-	1.2.3
cpptools	ms-	0.26.2

[marcpawl]

Documentation issue for windows.
OpenSSH Authentification Agent has to be running.
ssh-add must be called.
Then start code-insiders.

Even if the client keys are installed, without ssh-agent running the connection to the remote container will not succeed.

[chrmarti]

@Chuxel Could we add (or reference) this to the documentation about connecting via ssh://? I see it in the section about using SSH inside the container and the FAQ, but not in the ssh:// section.

[Chuxel]

@chrmarti I wouldn't actually expect that to be the case - Is this a dockerode limitation issue?

[chrmarti]

@Chuxel docker-modem currently doesn't read from .ssh/config (apocas/docker-modem#113). The only way to authenticate is via the username in the URI and the private key in the ssh-agent from what I see.

[Chuxel]

Got it - yeah, definitely want raise visibility then. Will make that change.

[Chuxel]

Doc update will land soon - thanks for catching this. @chrmarti, I removed the doc tag and left it as upstream for tracking. Will also tweak the subject