Import from ~/.ssh/config

Already have your servers in an OpenSSH config file? Import them into a vault in one step, with their keys, jump hosts and environment.

How to use it

1. Open the vault you want to import into → Hosts.
2. Click the + button → Import → From ~/.ssh/config.
3. The Import from SSH config drawer lists every named host in the file. Use Filter to narrow the list, and tick the hosts you want.
4. Click Import N hosts.

Kubexer reads the same file the ssh command does, including any files it pulls in with Include.

What gets imported

For each Host entry:

• the address (HostName), Port and User;
• the key file (IdentityFile), copied into the vault as an identity and encrypted. The same key used by several hosts becomes one identity;
• jump hosts from ProxyJump, as a jump chain;
• environment variables from SetEnv;
• the agent from IdentityAgent, and ForwardAgent yes. Hosts that sign through an agent keep using it, and no key is copied. See SSH agent & agent forwarding.

Every imported host gets the ssh-config tag, so you can filter for them.

Each row shows what was found: the key and whether it's readable, the agent, forwards agent, and user@address:port. Notes explain anything that can't be imported as-is.

Good to know

• Only named Host entries are imported. Wildcard blocks like Host * act as defaults for them, as they do in ssh.
• Hosts already in the vault are left as they are.
• Key files are read on this computer and never pass through the app's window. A passphrase-protected key is marked key · passphrase. It's imported, but add the passphrase to its identity afterwards. Keys shown as key missing or key unreadable can't be copied.
• If the file can't be read, the drawer shows why and offers Try again.

Related

Hosts & groups · Identities & SSH keys