DTan13/gitpod

SSH and GPG with gitpod

Get Your .gitconfig

1. Your Git Config is located at ~/.gitconfig
2. Encode the File with base64:

cat .gitconfig | base64 -w 0

3. Create a variable on gitpod.

   • Enter Name GITCONFIG.
   • Enter output of previous command as Value.

4. Add following task to your .gitpod.yml:

tasks:
  - before: >
      [[ ! -z $GITCONFIG  ]] &&
      echo $GITCONFIG | base64 -d > ~/.gitconfig &&
      chmod 644 ~/.gitconfig

Make commits GPG-signed

1. To sign commit using GPG you must first add GPG keys to Github and/or Gitlab.

   • For Github
   • For Gitlab

2. Your GPG Keys are stored in ~/.gnupg folder. Encode this folder with base64.

tar -czf - ~/.gnupg | base64 -w 0

3. Create a variable on gitpod.
   • Enter Name GNUPG.
   • Enter output of previous command in Value.
4. Add following task to your .gitpod.yml:

tasks:
  - before: >
      [[ ! -z $GNUPG  ]] &&
      cd ~ &&
      rm -rf .gnupg &&
      echo $GNUPG | base64 -d | tar --no-same-owner -xzf -

SSH Github and Gitlab from gitpod

1. Add SSH Keys to Github and/or Gitlab

   • For Github
   • For Gitlab

2. Get your SSH Public Key from id_rsa.pub

   • Create a variable on gitpod.
   • Enter Name SSH_PUBLIC_KEY.
   • Paste the contents of file in Value.

3. Get your SSH Public Key from id_rsa

   • Create a variable on gitpod.
   • Enter Name SSH_PRIVATE_KEY.
   • Encode the File id_rsa with base64.

   cat id_rsa | base64 -w 0

   • Paste the output of previous command in Value.

4. Add Following tasks to your .gitpod.yml:

tasks:
  - before: >
      mkdir -p ~/.ssh &&
      [[ ! -z $SSH_PUBLIC_KEY  ]] &&
      echo $SSH_PUBLIC_KEY > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub &&
      chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub &&
      [[ ! -z $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY  ]] &&
      echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_rsa &&
      chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa