Solution for 'ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out' error

git-ssh-error-fix.sh

$ git clone git@github.com:xxxxx/xxxx.git my-awesome-proj
Cloning into 'my-awesome-proj'...
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

$ # This should also timeout
$ ssh -T git@github.com
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out

$ # but this might work
$ ssh -T -p 443 git@ssh.github.com
Hi xxxx! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

$ # Override SSH settings

$ vim ~/.ssh/config
```
# Add section below to it
Host github.com
  Hostname ssh.github.com
  Port 443
```
$ ssh -T git@github.com
Hi xxxxx! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not
provide shell access.

$ git clone git@github.com:xxxxxx/xxxxx.git my-awesome-proj
Cloning into 'my-awesome-proj'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 15, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (15/15), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 15 (delta 0), reused 15 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (15/15), 22.90 KiB | 4.58 MiB/s, done.

Thank you ❤️

suggest using url..insteadOf setting instead of overriding the connection for github.com in ~/.ssh/config (that's what the documentation describes), like so:

git config --global "url.ssh://git@ssh.github.com:443/.insteadOf" git@github.com:

it's work's for me. thank you

thanks !

what would be the extension of config file ?

what would be the extension of config file ?

~/.ssh/config do not have file extension

The first solution works if you your .ssh/config file got deleted

thank you!

thx!

The purpose of this command is typically to test or use the SSH connection to GitHub, especially when the default port 22 is blocked or for some reason unavailable.

By using port 443, the connection can bypass firewalls that only allow HTTPS traffic, which is useful in restrictive network environments.

More details can be found here. https://www.howtouselinux.com/post/github-ssh-acces…ls-with-port-443

I appreciate you for this tutorial.