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I added a ssh alias to use a different key-pair for a certain domain. The key does not have a passphrase. I had followed the directions at https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/configure-multiple-ssh-identities-for-gitbash-mac-osx-linux-271943168.html and at the end added the ssh key with ssh-add.

I later rebooted and the key wasn't working any more - a git fetch from the console in the repo using the alias failed with a permission error. I looked at ssh-add -l and noticed that the key wasn't there anymore. I looked at ssh-add is not persistent between reboots to understand how to fix this - but it seemed from https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/140107/108129 that if I don't have a passphrase, I shouldn't need to.

Is there something I can do to not require to add the key to the ssh-agent - or an easy way to add it permanently?

Update: my .ssh/config is:

VisualHostKey=yes
Host myproject
  HostName bitbucket.org
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/myproject
Host *
  User yehosef
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  • What exactly did you set up? Good start is to [know what the `ssh-agent` is and how does it work and why you can't add it permanently](http://superuser.com/questions/1152833/save-identities-added-by-ssh-add-so-they-persist/1152861#1152861). – Jakuje Dec 14 '16 at 13:22
  • in my .ssh/config I set a host alias to use a certain IdentityFile for a certain domain. So in git instead of referring to the origin as `[email protected]:/` I use `git@:/` when go to the repo and do a (eg) `git fetch`, I have a permission issue. If I type `ssh-add ` then the `git fetch` works. I had understood from the link I included that if I don't have a passphrase, which I don't, I shouldn't need ssh-agent. Yet it seems I do. – Yehosef Dec 14 '16 at 14:10
  • Please, update the question with these details and the content of your `.ssh/config`. – Jakuje Dec 14 '16 at 14:23

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