Gitlab Permission denied (publickey) error SOLVED

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Gitlab Permission denied (publickey) error SOLVED

Permission denied (publickey)

Seems a very common error in Gitlab.com or any Gitlab implementation. Last night I spend 4/5 hours without sleeping to solve the error.

Cloning into 'server'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
vagrant@advocado:/var/www/test/advo$ sudo git clone git@gitlab.com:arifulhaque/server.git
Cloning into 'server'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

This is not first time I am adding SSH Key to Gitlab. My other VM have it in 2 different gitlab implementations but this new VM is not working. Before I get the error, I created a SSH Key and added the Public Key to Gitlab.com All worked fine, but I couldn’t clone any repo from account through ssh git.

I guess maybe I read almost all the solution over internet but none worked in my case. So, how did I finally solved this? Very Easy! Solution

Step 1: Added a config file in ~/.ssh/ folder which looks like

Host gitlab.com
       User git
       Hostname gitlab.com
       IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_gitlab
       TCPKeepAlive yes
       IdentitiesOnly yes

Step 2: Just clone the git repo WITHOUT sudo.

git clone git@gitlab.com:your_account/user_repo.git

source: http://www.arifulhaque.com/gitlab-permission-denied-publickey-error-solved/

TCPKeepAlive yes and IdentitiesOnly yes saved my time as well when I tried to clone a repository into two different directories on the same server. Thanks!

The configuration file should be named "config", and write permission should be for the user alone, as described here: https://serverfault.com/questions/253313/ssh-returns-bad-owner-or-permissions-on-ssh-config

thank you, this saved me!

Thank you, it worked for me also

Thank you, this worked for me as well.

Thank you so much!

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You are a life saver, I wasted a whole day until I come across this!!! Brilliant.

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What is the name and extension of the config file?

This saved much time. Thanks!

THANK YOU!!!! I don't understand why the directions given on gitlab for creating the config file seem to generate this error, but I'm glad you found a fix.

Excellent, thanks !

Thanks, this was driving me batshit lol

Thanks is working for me! 🎉

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Thank you!