Can Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) be configured to use sshPublicKey ldap attributes

Question

We have a very mixed environment as many enterprises should, our users are in Microsoft AD, our servers are a mix of windows and linux.

As such, we use the sshPublicKey ldap attribute to store ssh keys for linux authentication and gitlab.

Does TFS allow you to specify this ldap attribute for accessing the TFS Hosted git repo

Running TFS 2015

This is the version of git packaged with TFS, and not any external git repos.

TFS is authenticated with Active Directory. You can only add AD accounts and groups to TFS. — MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood, Dec 04 '16 at 19:25

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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If you are accessing Git in TFS

No, you have to use the TFS provided SSH Key. TFS will create SSH keys for users so that they can access the content.

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This is built I to TFS. Users that want to access Git repos in TFS should go to their profile and create one.!

note: If your ldap SSH key is linked to an AD account you can give that AD account permission to TFS.

Yes, you can do one of two things:

Add the SSH Key to the Build Variables - you can then call out to GitLab using that variable.
Create a GitLab Service Credential - Using a extension you can add a GitLab connection to your Team Project and use the same creds with any build.

If you mean something else then please update your question for clarity.

edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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answered Dec 01 '16 at 19:23

specifically the first, accessing a git repo on tfs from my machine via ssh – Jacob Evans Dec 01 '16 at 19:25
added some clarity this is not for external repos using builds – Jacob Evans Dec 01 '16 at 19:28
Then create an SSH key for your user account and use that as described. – MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood Dec 04 '16 at 19:25