local_key {secret}

Read local secret key.

Description

Reads a local secret key from disk. The location of this file can be specified in the USER_KEY environment variable. If this environment variable does not exist, then attempts to read the key from:

• ⁠~/.ssh/id_rsa⁠, and

• ⁠~/.ssh/id_rsa.pem⁠.

Usage

local_key()

Details

The location of the key is defined by:

Sys.getenv("USER_KEY")

To use a local in a different location, set an environment variable:

Sys.setenv(USER_KEY = "path/to/private/key")

See Also

Other secret functions: add_secret(), delete_secret(), get_secret(), list_owners(), list_secrets(), share_secret(), unshare_secret(), update_secret()