p0 ssh-resolve
1 Authentication & Environment
Error Message
Cause
Resolution
Please run 'p0 login <organization>' to use the P0 CLI.
You aren’t logged in or your identity file is missing.
Execute p0 login <ORG ID> and complete the OIDC flow.
Could not load credentials for "<name>"
Corrupt or expired credential cache.
Remove the cache directory (rm -rf ~/.p0/cache) and re-run p0 login
Silent hang or immediate exit without output
Token auto-refresh failed but no explicit error.
Clear credentials (p0 logout or delete identity.json) and log in again.
2 Argument & Destination Validation
Symptom / Message
Cause
Resolution
Destination contains /
verifyDestinationString rejects slashes in the alias.
Remove any / and use the session alias only (e.g. prod-web-01, not prod/web-01).
Missing --provider or invalid provider name
You specified an unsupported or no provider choice.
Supply `–provider aws
3 Access Request Failures
Symptom / Message
Cause
Resolution
Request times out or hangs
Backend did not approve or provision access in time.
Check P0 UI for pending approvals; retry with a valid session or escalate to admin.
“This organization is not configured for SSH access…”
SSH integration is disabled or misconfigured.
Ask your admin to enable or reinstall the SSH integration for your cloud provider.
Error from prepareRequest such as missing fields
Invalid parent/resource scoping or insufficient args.
Verify you provided a correct --parent and --provider, or omit to let P0 auto-detect.
4 Key & Certificate Generation
Symptom / Message
Cause
Resolution
TypeError or “generateKeys is not a function”
The provider plugin lacks generateKeys support.
Use the default P0 key or update to a CLI version with your provider’s key-generation logic.
Extremely slow or hanging RSA key generation
Low system entropy delaying node-forge keypair creation.
Pre-generate with native ssh-keygen into ~/.p0/ssh/id_rsa and rerun p0 ssh-resolve.
5 Temporary JSON File Issues
Symptom / Message
Cause
Resolution
ENOENT when writing temp JSON
Underlying temp directory is unavailable or permission denied.
Ensure your system’s /tmp (or configured TMPDIR) is writable; delete stale files.
JSON parse or serialization errors
Unexpected characters in the request object.
Report the issue to P0 support with the original request payload for investigation.
6 SSH Config File Creation
Symptom / Message
Cause
Resolution
Permission denied writing to ~/.p0/ssh/configs/<dest>.config
Insufficient filesystem permissions or read-only directory.
chmod u+w ~/.p0/ssh/configs; verify ownership and retry.
ENOENT when creating configs directory
Parent directory ~/.p0/ssh missing or locked.
Manually create with mkdir -p ~/.p0/ssh/configs and ensure it’s owned by your user.
Garbage or truncation in generated config file
Write was interrupted or disk full.
Check disk space; delete and rerun p0 ssh-resolve.
7 Post-Resolve SSH Failures
Symptom / Message
Cause
Resolution
ssh: Could not resolve hostname <destination>
SSH config not loaded or Include not present in ~/.ssh/config.
Add Include ~/.p0/ssh/configs/*.config to your main SSH config or specify -F.
SSH proxy fails when invoking ssh <destination>
ProxyCommand invocation error or missing p0 ssh-proxy.
Test proxy manually:
p0 ssh-proxy <destination> … Check for errors.
8 Tips & Next Steps
Run quietly in scripts: add -q to suppress non-fatal errors.
Enable debug for full trace: include --debug to see each step printed.
Cleanup stale configs: delete ~/.p0/ssh/configs/*.config before regenerating.
Coordinate with your admin if your provider integration is missing or disabled.
If your issue persists, gather:
The full p0 ssh-resolve command and options
The stderr output or logs with --debug
Existence and permissions of ~/.p0/ssh/configs and TMP files
and contact your P0 support team for assistance.
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