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Bitwarden SSH Agent relay to WSL2
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # This code is licensed under MIT license https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/ | |
| # | |
| # Note: I have only tested lightly and this seems to work. I won't take the blame if this makes your | |
| # machine catch fire. | |
| # | |
| # Thanks to Aaron and the original work discussed here: | |
| # https://www.rebelpeon.com/bitwarden-ssh-agent-on-wsl2/ | |
| # | |
| # If you want to run this script as is you can: | |
| # curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/espresso3389/6fbbe818cb98b6bab1e73cb39a0aee64/raw/wsl2-bitwarden-ssh-agent.sh | bash | |
| echo "Installing npiperelay..." | |
| /mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /c "winget install --id=albertony.npiperelay -e" | |
| echo "Installing socat..." | |
| sudo apt-get update | |
| sudo apt-get install -y socat | |
| echo "Creating SSH agent bridge script..." | |
| SCRIPT_DIR=~/.local/bin | |
| mkdir -p $SCRIPT_DIR | |
| cat << 'EOF' > $SCRIPT_DIR/agent-bridge.sh | |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Ensure ~/.ssh directory exists with correct permissions | |
| if [ ! -d "$HOME/.ssh" ]; then | |
| mkdir -m 700 "$HOME/.ssh" | |
| fi | |
| export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$HOME/.ssh/agent.sock" | |
| NPIPERELAY="$(wslpath -u "$(/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /c "where npiperelay.exe" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r')")" | |
| if ! ss -a 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"; then | |
| rm -f "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" | |
| ( setsid socat UNIX-LISTEN:"$SSH_AUTH_SOCK",fork EXEC:"$NPIPERELAY -ei -s //./pipe/openssh-ssh-agent",nofork & ) >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
| fi | |
| EOF | |
| chmod +x $SCRIPT_DIR/agent-bridge.sh | |
| echo "Ensuring bridge script is sourced in .bashrc..." | |
| BASHRC=~/.bashrc | |
| BRIDGE_SOURCE='source ~/.local/bin/agent-bridge.sh' | |
| if ! grep -Fxq "$BRIDGE_SOURCE" "$BASHRC"; then | |
| echo "$BRIDGE_SOURCE" >> "$BASHRC" | |
| echo "Added agent bridge script to .bashrc" | |
| else | |
| echo "Bridge script already sourced in .bashrc" | |
| fi | |
| echo "Setup complete! Restart your shell or run:" | |
| echo " source ~/.local/bin/agent-bridge.sh" |
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