How to add Multiple SSH keys to Gitlab and Add Sites from both account to Laravel Forge

multiple_ssh_setting.md

Multiple SSH Keys settings for different gitlab account

Example Use Case:

• Server: Digital Ocean
• Server Name: serverone
• First Gitlab Account Username: account1
• Second Gitlab Account Username: account2

create different public key

Presumable you already have your first ssh key

~/.ssh/id_rsa

so we create a second ssh key

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "root@serverone"

give the new key a different name

id_rsa_account2

So now we have 2 keys:

~/.ssh/id_rsa
~/.ssh/id_rsa_account2

Modify the ssh config

$ cd ~/.ssh/
$ touch config
$ subl -a config

Then add

#account2 account
Host gitlab.com-account2
	HostName gitlab.com
	PreferredAuthentications publickey
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_account2

Go to account2 Gitlab Settings and add SSH Key

copy paste your public ssh key from here

$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa_account2

and add it to gitlab ssh settings

Go to Laravel Forge to add your new site

In Laravel Forge, choose Custom when installing repository, and enter the path below

[email protected]:account2/awesomeproject.git

You're good to go!

Host gitlab.com-appetiser
  Hostname gitlab.com
  PreferredAuthentications publickey
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_appetiser

git clone [email protected]:appetiser/testing.git

$ git clone [email protected]:appetiser/testing.git
Cloning into 'testing'...
ssh: Could not resolve hostname gitlab.com-appetiser: Name or service not known
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

If the repo exists under other company's account try: git clone [email protected]:company/project.git