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ssm-ssh-agent-buildkite-plugin

Superseded by iam-ssh-agent which improves security by removing the need for direct access to private key material.


Wraps the built-in Buildkite checkout phase in a one-shot SSH Agent, populated with an SSH Private key fetched from the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.

Requires the awscli to be installed.

  1. Add a Deploy Key to your GitHub repository.
  2. Open the AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store console and create a SecureString named /github/{organisation}/{repository}/deploy-key with the key.
  3. Ensure your Buildkite agent has AWS IAM credentials with permission for ssm:GetParameter and kms:Decrypt.

Example

steps:
- command: script/cibuild
  plugins:
  - "keithduncan/ssm-ssh-agent#v1.0"

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