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