Jenkins fails with github "git clone"

Question

When I do build in Jenkins, it fails with this error. Any idea?

ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin' : Could not clone git@github.com:test/test.git
ERROR: Cause: Error performing command: git clone --progress -o origin 

git@github.com:test/test.git /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/test/workspace
Command "git clone --progress -o origin git@github.com:test/test.git 
/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/test/workspace" returned status code 128: Initialized empty Git 
repository in /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/test/workspace/.git/

No protocol specified

(ssh-askpass:801): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
Host key verification failed.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

I answer this a similar question, you can see the answer in the link below:
[jenkins & GitHub](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6515039/jenkins-git-permission-denied-publickey/8143432#8143432)

Thanks you,
gustavo — iDeasTouch, Nov 15 '11 at 21:44

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 09 '13 at 18:06

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You need to copy your private ssh key into the .ssh folder beneath Jenkins. Something like (on Ubuntu Lucid): /var/lib/jenkins/.ssh

edited Dec 09 '13 at 18:06

Kara

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answered Sep 07 '11 at 00:24

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You'll need to chown the files you copy into /var/lib/jenkins. In addition, you may want to copy your .gitconfig file into /var/lib/jenkins – jwriteclub Oct 24 '11 at 08:26
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Better yet, don't put your private keys in other places than your own home directory. Create a new set of keys for jenkins, and give the jenkins public key to github. – Bjarke Freund-Hansen Nov 09 '11 at 13:13

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '11 at 22:28

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Host key verification failed. - make sure your SSH keys are setup properly.

http://help.github.com/linux-set-up-git/

After you are done with that,

ssh git@github.com

should give you a welcome message ( which also says no shell access ) from GitHub

answered May 23 '11 at 22:28

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even "git clone git@github.com:test/test.git" works when I do "sudo git clone git@github.com:test/test.git" it fails. – Sam May 23 '11 at 22:31
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What user are you doing that as? The jenkins user? – Mando Escamilla May 23 '11 at 22:49
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Why are you sudoing? Sudo changes the user, and thus the keys used. You probably should *not* be using sudo. – Tekkub May 23 '11 at 23:54
sudoing to root i believe. however, the jenkins build fails with the same error as sudoing. – Sam May 23 '11 at 23:56
@Sam that means that the keys to github works for your own user, but not for the user that jenkins is running under. You need to set that up too. – Bjarke Freund-Hansen Nov 09 '11 at 12:39
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Try `sudo su jenkins -` and then make it work as the Jenkins user. This fixed it for me. – Brad Dec 16 '11 at 21:25

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '13 at 09:32

Had the same problem, even though the ssh-keys were correctly set up.

The issue was that on the first connection attempt, the git-server needed to be added to the known hosts file

/.ssh/known_hosts

. Git prompts you for this on first connect-attempt: Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?, but Jenkins did not nor can it pass on the prompt, so it failed silently.

We solved it by walking to our ops-guy, bringing him a nice cup of espresso, and had him do a random git-checkout, where he answered yes to said prompt :) After that, checkouts through Jenkins worked as expected.

Found the clue here: http://www.ipsure.com/blog/2010/ssh-public-key-w-rsa-authentication-and-ssh-tunneling-part-1/

this was my problem too :-) – vidstige Jun 18 '13 at 10:55 — vidstige, Jun 18 '13 at 10:55

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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If you still have the Host key verification failed problem I answered a similar problem with a step by step solution here :

Jenkins & Github not using SSH Key

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Dec 01 '12 at 10:02

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '15 at 17:32

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Actually, I ended up with simply using https instead of ssh to clone the repository from GitHub to Jenkins.

So instead of: git@github.com:[user]/[repository].git I used: https://github.com/[user]/[repository].git as the repository URL.

answered May 16 '15 at 17:32

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