FAQ: document creation and unlocking of the keychain headless machines #1148
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds comprehensive documentation for handling keychain-related errors on headless macOS machines. It addresses the undocumented requirement in macOS 15 (Sequoia) for an unlocked login.keychain when using Virtualization.Framework through Tart.
- Added a new "Headless machines" section explaining the keychain requirement and common error messages
- Documented two workarounds: GUI login approach and terminal-based keychain creation
- Updated SSH keychain unlock instructions to be more specific and clear
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To work around errors like:
SecKeyCreateRandomKey_ios failedFailed to generate keypairInteraction is not allowed with the Security Server...when running
tart runon headless machines like the ones provided by AWS EC2.Related issues:
Also specifically unlock
login.keychainin "Running login/clone/pull/push commands over SSH" section, which should better indicate a missing keychain instead of doing nothing.