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Using SSH inside a Dockerfile
eval `ssh-agent`
ssh-add
docker build -t my:latest --ssh default=$HOME/.ssh/github-private-key .
# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.5
FROM haskell:8.10.7
RUN mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/.ssh && ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
WORKDIR /tmp/app
COPY . .
RUN mkdir -p /home/app
RUN --mount=type=ssh stack install --local-bin-path /home/app
RUN rm -rf /tmp/app
WORKDIR /home/app
CMD ["./my-exe"]

SSH in a Dockerfile

Prerequisites

  • You must have BuildKit enabled in Docker.
  • You must have ~/.ssh/config set up with a proper alias for the server you want to access via SSH.
  • When referencing external resources via SSH, always use a proper domain name, never an SSH alias. In other words, use something like [email protected]:foo/bar.
  • Use the latest Dockerfile syntax using # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.x at the top.
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