Hudson git error ssh

Question

If there is anyone that can help me understand why this git repo isn't cloning that would be amazing.

I runt the same command from the terminal it works. I hoping to find out where I can put the password so the server can authenticate the connection.

Please and thank you.

ERROR: Error cloning remote repo 'origin' : Could not clone ssh://[email protected]/usr/local/repository/kdm/git/TestCaseGenerator.git
ERROR: Cause: Error performing /usr/bin/git clone -o origin ssh://[email protected]/usr/local/repository/kdm/git/TestCaseGenerator.git /var/lib/hudson/jobs/KDM_Test_Case_Generator/workspace
Command returned status code 128: Initialized empty Git repository in /var/lib/hudson/jobs/KDM_Test_Case_Generator/workspace/.git/
No protocol specified

(ssh-askpass:12523): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
Host key verification failed.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Trying next repository
ERROR: Could not clone repository
FATAL: Could not clone
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Could not clone
    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:719)
    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:658)
    at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:753)
    at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:735)
    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:658)
    at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1046)
    at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:479)
    at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:411)
    at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1248)
    at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
    at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
    at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:129)

Answer 1

You should setup a ssh trust relationship between your repo and the git server.

You only need to do this once.

In short it goes qs follows :

Log in as the user running hudson

ssh-keygen

use an empty password

This creates 2 files in .ssh : id_dsa and id_dsa.pub.

cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub

Now copy the gibberish representing the public key.

ssh repo-server

Confirm you want to add the host key to known_hosts. Log in using the account accessing the repo.

cat - >>.ssh/authorized_keys

(double check you have 2 >'s or risk the wrath of your colleagues) Then paste the gibberish you just copied.

Log out and verify you can now ssh without having to provide a password.

This works for Unix based hosts. For github, gitosis, windows the process is similar, but of course different.

Hudson should now be able to connect.