How to avoid always entering passphrase for id_rsa on terminal startup?

Question

Currently every time I start up terminal I get prompted the following:

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Agent pid 2733

Enter passphrase for /Users/my_name/.ssh/id_rsa:

Could you please guide me on how I can avoid having to enter a passphrase everytime?

Answer 1

You could add your passphrase to your keychain:

ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Or you can add it in your ~/.ssh/config:

Host *
UseKeychain yes