7 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/cliconfig/config.go b/cmd/podman/cliconfig/config.go
index b8796f9b3..5b5225f02 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/cliconfig/config.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/cliconfig/config.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ type MainFlags struct {
 	ConnectionName       string
 	RemoteConfigFilePath string
 	Port                 int
+	IdentityFile         string
+	IgnoreHosts          bool
 }
 
 type AttachValues struct {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/main_remote.go b/cmd/podman/main_remote.go
index f617422e6..569a5c006 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main_remote.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main_remote.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.RemoteUserName, "username", username, "username on the remote host")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&MainGlobalOpts.Port, "port", 22, "port on remote host")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.RemoteHost, "remote-host", "", "remote host")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.IdentityFile, "identity-file", "", "identity-file")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&MainGlobalOpts.IgnoreHosts, "ignore-hosts", false, "ignore hosts")
 	// TODO maybe we allow the altering of this for bridge connections?
 	// rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.VarlinkAddress, "varlink-address", adapter.DefaultAddress, "address of the varlink socket")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&MainGlobalOpts.LogLevel, "log-level", "error", "Log messages above specified level: debug, info, warn, error, fatal or panic. Logged to ~/.config/containers/podman.log")
diff --git a/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/config.go b/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/config.go
index 13880a868..3faa7954a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/config.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/config.go
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ type RemoteConfig struct {
 
 // RemoteConnection describes the attributes of a podman-remote endpoint
 type RemoteConnection struct {
-	Destination string `toml:"destination"`
-	Username    string `toml:"username"`
-	IsDefault   bool   `toml:"default"`
-	Port        int    `toml:"port"`
+	Destination  string `toml:"destination"`
+	Username     string `toml:"username"`
+	IsDefault    bool   `toml:"default"`
+	Port         int    `toml:"port"`
+	IdentityFile string `toml:"identity_file"`
+	IgnoreHosts  bool   `toml:"ignore_hosts"`
 }
 
 // GetConfigFilePath is a simple helper to export the configuration file's
diff --git a/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/configfile_test.go b/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/configfile_test.go
index ea2224ea7..0bcac29a8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/configfile_test.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/remoteclientconfig/configfile_test.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func TestRemoteConfig_GetDefault(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErr bool
 	}{
 		// A good toml should return the connection that is marked isDefault
-		{"good", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, &RemoteConnection{"192.168.1.1", "myuser", true, 22}, false},
+		{"good", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, &RemoteConnection{"192.168.1.1", "myuser", true, 22, "", false}, false},
 		// If nothing is marked as isDefault and there is more than one connection, error should occur
 		{"nodefault", fields{Connections: noDefault}, nil, true},
 		// if nothing is marked as isDefault but there is only one connection, the one connection is considered the default
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ func TestRemoteConfig_GetRemoteConnection(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErr bool
 	}{
 		// Good connection
-		{"goodhomer", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, args{name: "homer"}, &RemoteConnection{"192.168.1.1", "myuser", true, 22}, false},
+		{"goodhomer", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, args{name: "homer"}, &RemoteConnection{"192.168.1.1", "myuser", true, 22, "", false}, false},
 		// Good connection
-		{"goodbart", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, args{name: "bart"}, &RemoteConnection{"foobar.com", "root", false, 22}, false},
+		{"goodbart", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, args{name: "bart"}, &RemoteConnection{"foobar.com", "root", false, 22, "", false}, false},
 		// Getting an unknown connection should result in error
 		{"noexist", fields{Connections: makeGoodResult().Connections}, args{name: "foobar"}, nil, true},
 		// Getting a connection when there are none should result in an error
diff --git a/docs/podman-remote.conf.5.md b/docs/podman-remote.conf.5.md
index 3c8a1a801..e9cc05989 100644
--- a/docs/podman-remote.conf.5.md
+++ b/docs/podman-remote.conf.5.md
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ of the user's remote connections.
 **port** = int
   Use an alternative port for the ssh connections.  The default port is 22.
 
+**identity_file** = ""
+  Use an alternative location for the ssh private key
+
+**ignore_hosts** = bool
+  Don't match the remote ssh host key with known hosts
+
 
 ## EXAMPLE
 
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/client.go b/pkg/adapter/client.go
index 1805c758d..da4670892 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/client.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/client.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (r RemoteRuntime) RemoteEndpoint() (remoteEndpoint *Endpoint, err error) {
 		if len(r.cmd.RemoteUserName) < 1 {
 			return nil, errors.New("you must provide a username when providing a remote host name")
 		}
-		rc := remoteclientconfig.RemoteConnection{r.cmd.RemoteHost, r.cmd.RemoteUserName, false, r.cmd.Port}
+		rc := remoteclientconfig.RemoteConnection{r.cmd.RemoteHost, r.cmd.RemoteUserName, false, r.cmd.Port, r.cmd.IdentityFile, r.cmd.IgnoreHosts}
 		remoteEndpoint, err = newBridgeConnection("", &rc, r.cmd.LogLevel)
 		//  if the user has a config file with connections in it
 	} else if len(remoteConfigConnections.Connections) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/client_unix.go b/pkg/adapter/client_unix.go
index a7bc7c1c0..2bf71295f 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/client_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/client_unix.go
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ func formatDefaultBridge(remoteConn *remoteclientconfig.RemoteConnection, logLev
 	if port == 0 {
 		port = 22
 	}
+	options := ""
+	if remoteConn.IdentityFile != "" {
+		options += " -i " + remoteConn.IdentityFile
+	}
+	if remoteConn.IgnoreHosts {
+		options += " -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		`ssh -p %d -T %s@%s -- /usr/bin/varlink -A \'/usr/bin/podman --log-level=%s varlink \\\$VARLINK_ADDRESS\' bridge`,
-		port, remoteConn.Username, remoteConn.Destination, logLevel)
+		`ssh -p %d -T%s %s@%s -- /usr/bin/varlink -A \'/usr/bin/podman --log-level=%s varlink \\\$VARLINK_ADDRESS\' bridge`,
+		port, options, remoteConn.Username, remoteConn.Destination, logLevel)
 }