fix for ssh-add error

.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -200,8 +200,5 @@ build container fb:
 deploy node for linux amd64:
   stage: lint
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-deploy/aws-base:latest
-  before_script:
-    - apt update && apt -y install jq
-    - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
   script:
     - ./qa/scripts/deployNode.sh $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY

qa/scripts/deployNode.sh

@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ function configure_env() {
     chmod 400 gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem
 
     # set up ssh permissions 
+    which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )    
     eval `ssh-agent -s`
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-    echo $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | ssh-add -
+    echo "${AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}" | ssh-add -
     chmod 700 /root/.ssh
+
+    # install jq
+    apt update && apt -y install jq
+
 }
 
 function deploy_node() {