diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7820bc14e7..736a3dcc84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 caches/
 backups/
+link/.ssh/authorized_keys
+link/.ssh/id_*
+link/.ssh/known_hosts
diff --git a/link/.ssh/config b/link/.ssh/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdb746006f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link/.ssh/config
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Host *
+
+# Forward ssh agent to the remote machine.
+ForwardAgent yes
+
+# Automatically all common hosts to the host file as they are connected to.
+StrictHostKeyChecking no