qwqVictor/wsl-ssh-agent-proxy

WSL2 proxy for Windows SSH agent

WSL-SSH-Agent-Proxy

Windows 10 now has a built in SSH agent available; however, it does not work correctly within WSL2 VMs. This is a proxy on the WSL2 side to forward all requests to the Windows SSH agent.

Usage

1. Start the SSH agent:

   # Set the SSH agent to start automatically; also consider going through
   # the service UI and setting it to delayed start instead.
   Get-Service -Name ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
   # Start it for this session
   Start-Service ssh-agent

2. Download the executable and save it somewhere.

3. Set it to automatically start by appending to your ~/.bashrc:

   export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=~/.ssh/agent.sock # or anywhere else
   setsid ssh-agent-proxy &

Related Projects

• rupor-github/wsl-ssh-agent sounds awesome, but it seems like it doesn't work with WSL 2.
• This is basically a packaged version of anaisbetts/ssh-agent-relay and other npiperelay based solutions that does not require installing a separate socat within the WSL environment.