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stack/base/before-notebook.d/10_prepare-home-config.sh

@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ if [[ -f /opt/bin/load-singlesshagent.sh ]] && ! grep -q "${header}" /home/${NB_
 ${header}
 if [ -f /opt/bin/load-singlesshagent.sh ]; then
     source /opt/bin/load-singlesshagent.sh
-    ssh-add /home/${NB_USER}/.ssh/id_rsa 2> /dev/null
 fi
 EOF
 fi
+
+# load the ssh-agent and add the default key generated
+# the return code can be non-zero if the ssh-agent is not running
+# which will cause the notebook to fail to start so we need to ignore the return code
+source /opt/bin/load-singlesshagent.sh || true

stack/base/load-singlesshagent.sh

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ load_singlesshagent() {
     SSH_ENV="$HOME/.ssh/agent-environment"
     # Source SSH settings, if applicable
     if [ -r "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
-        source "${SSH_ENV}" > /dev/null
+        source "${SSH_ENV}" 2> /dev/null
         [ "$VERBOSE" == "true" ] && echo "- sourcing existing environment" >&2
     else
         [ "$VERBOSE" == "true" ] && echo "- no existing environment to source" >&2
     fi
 
-    SSH_ADD_OUTPUT=`ssh-add -l 2> /dev/null`
+    SSH_ADD_OUTPUT=`ssh-add -l`
     # Needed, the later 'test' calls will replace this
     SSHADD_RETVAL="$?"
     # Error code: 0: there are keys; 1: there are no keys; 2: cannot contact agent
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ load_singlesshagent() {
     elif [ "$SSHADD_RETVAL" == "1" ]
     then
         [ "$VERBOSE" == "true" ] && echo "  - ssh-agent found (${SSH_AGENT_PID}), no keys (I might want to add keys here)" >&2
-        # Maybe the user wants to do it by himself?
-        #ssh-add
+        # run ssh-add to add the default generate key `id_rsa` to the agent
+        ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa 2> /dev/null
     elif [ "$SSHADD_RETVAL" == "0" ]
     then
         NUMKEYS=`echo "$SSH_ADD_OUTPUT" | wc -l`

tests/test-common.py

@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ def test_verdi_status(aiidalab_exec, nb_user):
     output = aiidalab_exec("verdi status", user=nb_user).decode().strip()
     assert "Connected to RabbitMQ" in output
     assert "Daemon is running" in output
+
+
+def test_ssh_agent_is_running(aiidalab_exec, nb_user):
+    output = aiidalab_exec("ps aux | grep ssh-agent", user=nb_user).decode().strip()
+    assert "ssh-agent" in output
+
+    # also check only one ssh-agent process is running
+    assert len(output.splitlines()) == 1