Explore networking how-tos on Docker Desktop — SSH agent forwarding
Docker Desktop for Mac and Linux lets you use the host’s SSH agent inside a container.
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Docker Desktop for Mac and Linux lets you use the host’s SSH agent inside a container. To do this
Bind mount the SSH agent socket by adding the following parameter to your docker run command
Add the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable in your container
To enable the SSH agent in Docker Compose, add the following flags to your service
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