PHP: Save your SSH private key password in macOS's keychain

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If you are on macOS and prompted for your SSH key password each time you push code, you do not need to remove the password from your SSH key. Instead, you can store your key password securely in the macOS keychain. Just run:

/usr/bin/ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_rsa

After this, macOS will not ask for your key password when pushing your code.

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: Getting started
    How to get started with PHP on Stackhero
  2. Start a PHP service
  3. Prerequisites
  4. Configure your service
  5. Clone the example
  6. Configure the remote repository server
  7. Deploy your PHP code
  8. Deploy an existing application
  9. Handle error "failed to push some refs to '[...]'"
  10. Handle error "src refspec main does not match any"
  11. Handle error "Everything up-to-date" when pushing
  12. Deploy a branch other than main
  13. Deploy a tag
  14. Roll back or deploy a specific commit
  15. Deploy to multiple environments
  16. Handle secrets
  17. Handle PHP dependencies
  18. Store files

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