How to have flux authenticate with github.com using a SSH CA signed keypair

[jbilliau-rcd]

So I used this article: https://github.blog/2019-08-14-ssh-certificate-authentication-for-github-enterprise-cloud/ to generate a SSH CA, then used that CA to sign my SSH keypair. I now have a flux-cert.pub, which is a different format than a private key obviously. Has anyone had any experience in using one of these to authenticate flux with Github? Effectively, how do I use a CA-signed certificate instead of a traditional keypair? It looks like this:

ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com ofewnfowebnfuefiuwebfiuewbfiuwbfieuwbiuewbfweiubfiuefbewibfewiubfeiuybfeifiwebfebfiwebfibiweybfwefie flux@github.com

[kingdonb]

If you weren't able to find documentation supporting this feature, then I surmise it is simply not supported.

Flux v2 has more explicit and detailed documentation around creating secrets and which secrets can be used:

https://toolkit.fluxcd.io/cmd/flux_create_secret_git/

If you are still struggling with this, please feel free to come by the #flux slack channel on CNCF slack and ask about it. Or welcome to open a discussion on the Flux 2 Discussions board, which is where Q&A is going for more persistent discussions now.

There is no new feature work in Flux v1, as we are in maintenance mode. We hope you can upgrade to Flux v2 and join us where all the action is happening. Thanks for using Flux!