EC2 Git Clone

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Private Repository

In case our Github code repository is private, then cloning it on EC2 will fail.

In order to make it work, we will need to provide SSH access to the EC2 instance to login and clone the repo. Follow the steps in Generating SSH Keys to add SSH keys but here is the gist:

First create the SSH keys on EC2:

ls -al ~/.ssh
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your-email@gmail.com"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Then, add a new SSH Key into github by following the steps on the github website.

Finally, back on the EC2 server, test if SSH access works

ssh -T git@github.com

Now trying cloning it...

git clone git@github.com:gautamarora/todos.git

and it should work!