Specifying SSH key using :ssh_flags

[lukemorton]

I have created two rake tasks rake a and rake b. They both aim to run whoami on a remote machine.

require 'remote_task'

set :user, 'staging'
set :domain, 'staging.example.com'
set :ssh_key, "private/keys/#{user}@#{domain}"
set :ssh_flags, ["-i #{ssh_key}"]

task :a do
  sh "ssh -i #{ssh_key} #{user}@#{domain} whoami"
end

remote_task :b do
  run 'whoami'
end

rake a runs as expected and returns the remote user. rake b gives me the following warning:

Warning: Identity file private/keys/staging@staging.example.com not accessible: No such file or directory.

Just wondering if there is anything I'm missing here or whether this is a known problem?

Running ssh-add resolves the issue but I want to make the process easier on developers by using a key in the repo.

[zenspider]

If I had to guess, set :ssh_flags, ["-i #{ssh_key}"] needs to be:

set :ssh_flags, ["-i", ssh_key]

Can you try that out?

[lukemorton]

Thanks, that worked along with specifying the user in :domain:

require 'remote_task'

set :domain, "staging@staging.example.com"
set :ssh_key, "private/keys/#{domain}"
set :ssh_flags, ["-i", ssh_key]

task :a do
  sh "ssh -i #{ssh_key} #{domain} whoami"
end

remote_task :b do
  run 'whoami'
end