# Node-RED projects and SSH agents
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-and-ssh-agents/97277
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [26 May 2025 14:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-and-ssh-agents/97277 "2025-05-26T14:28:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Sonny](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sonny)
#### Post date: [26 May 2025 14:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-and-ssh-agents/97277/1 "2025-05-26T14:28:30Z")
Hello,
At [FairScope](https://www.fairscope.com/) / [PlanktoScope](https://www.planktoscope.org/) we use Node-RED and Dashboard 2 for developing the software.
We are very happy with it as it allows climate and marine scientists to easily create programs that match their needs.
We recently started using Node-RED projects for setup. Because the PlanktoScope is a very open and flexible platform it is not secure enough for us to expose private SSH keys on them. We compromise by enabling SSH agent forwarding.
While searching for a solution, I stumbled upon this on the Node-RED projects user guide.
> Node-RED does not currently make use of any credential helper you git client may be configured with. This is an area we look for feedback on from the community.
I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on integrating with the SSH agent for git+ssh authentication. Perhaps ideas on how this could be technically achieved.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [26 May 2025 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-and-ssh-agents/97277/2 "2025-05-26T17:11:48Z")
Welcome to the forum, it is great to see Node-RED being used for this.
Unfortunately, I don't personally use projects so I can't help with the question but many others do and hopefully a core dev or two may stop by to comment as well.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [25 July 2025 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-and-ssh-agents/97277/3 "2025-07-25T17:11:48Z")
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