Trouble with connecting to Git Server via Jenkins

Question

Friends, i keep getting the following error in Jenkins console.

"Failed to connect to repository : Command "git -c core.askpass=true ls-remote -h ssh://yyyyyyyy@gerrit.xxxxxxxx.com:29418/mobile HEAD" returned status code 128:
stdout: 
stderr: Host key verification failed. 
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

Tried all the options on the web. Nothing worked. Appreciate your help here

Complete Log Here

Building in workspace /Users/Shared/Jenkins/GIT
Cloning the remote Git repository
Cloning repository ssh://yyyyy@gerrit.xxxxxxxx.com:29418/mobile
 > git init /Users/Shared/Jenkins/GIT # timeout=10
Fetching upstream changes from ssh://yyyyy@gerrit.xxxxxxxx.com:29418/mobile
 > git --version # timeout=10
 > git -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress ssh://yyyyyyy@gerrit.xxxxxxxxx.com:29418/mobile +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin'
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress ssh://yyyyyy@gerrit.xxxxxxxxx.com:29418/mobile +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" returned status code 128:
stdout: 
stderr: Host key verification failed.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

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

Thanks, Madhav

I did create .ssh folder and was able to connect to GIT via command prompt (Terminal). i use OS X BTW — Madhav Murthy, May 13 '16 at 07:52
Are you able to clone the repo on your local system without jenkins using ssh? — Sumit Murari, May 13 '16 at 08:12
Absolutely. it does. But some times i do have to run this command /n ssh-add .ssh/id_rsa /n to make the clone command work Only problem via Jenkins — Madhav Murthy, May 13 '16 at 08:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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I think it's a permissions problem on your .ssh folder or your id_rsa* files.

Please have a look to this article to set the correct permissions: https://superuser.com/questions/215504/permissions-on-private-key-in-ssh-folder

The .ssh folder should exist in the home folder of your jenkins user (something like /home/jenkins or /var/lib/jenkins).

The permissions should be:

.ssh folder: 700 (drwx------)
public key (.pub): 644 (-rw-r--r--)
private key (id_rsa): 600 (-rw-------)

Please confirm it fixed your issue :)

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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answered May 13 '16 at 08:33

Bruno Lavit

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Thanks Bruno. but the permissions are set to 777 which is like full access. Still the same problem Madhav-iMAC:Madhav administrator$ ls -l .ssh/ total 16 -rwxrwxrwx 1 jenkins staff 3326 May 12 18:44 id_rsa -rwxrwxrwx 1 jenkins staff 763 May 12 18:44 id_rsa.pub – Madhav Murthy May 13 '16 at 08:44
Also, how does Jenkins know where the .ssh folder is located ? – Madhav Murthy May 13 '16 at 08:45
I've updated my answer. You have to use the exact permissions on the .ssh folder and the id_rsa* files. Otherwise, your key will not be recognised. – Bruno Lavit May 13 '16 at 08:49
I made the changes. still the same issue. Will keep trying. Thanks – Madhav Murthy May 13 '16 at 09:23
What is your git repository manager? Gihub? Or a hosted solution like Atlassian Bitbucket? – Bruno Lavit May 13 '16 at 09:31
Gerrit hosted on our internal servers – Madhav Murthy May 13 '16 at 09:33
I had the same issue with our Bitbucket server (hosted internally). Every time, it was a permission problem on the .ssh folder/files. – Bruno Lavit May 13 '16 at 09:43
Also check the known_hosts file – user_dev Oct 29 '19 at 17:39

Trouble with connecting to Git Server via Jenkins

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