Setup SSH keys for use with GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket etc

README.md

Create a new repository, or reuse an existing one.

Generate a new SSH key:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

Copy the contents of the file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to your SSH keys in your GitHub account settings (https://github.com/settings/keys).

Test SSH key:

$ ssh -T [email protected]
Hi developius! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

Change directory into the local clone of your repository (if you're not already there) and run:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:username/your-repository.git

Now try editing a file (try the README) and then do:

$ git commit -am "Update README.md"
$ git push

You should not be asked for a username or password. If it works, your SSH key is correctly configured.

I have successfully created my SSH keys and when I tested them I got this message "Hi Aquiline Adaeze! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access". I have tried to push my files and I am still asked for my username and password. When I provide the details I get an error message that says remote : Invalid username or password and fatal : Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/AquilineAdaeze/gitformyMac/

Please help me!!! I am completely new to this and I am at my wits end with this challenge and I do not know what to do again. Thank you very much in advance.

@AquilineAdaeze you need to change the origin to use SSH rather than HTTPS.

Easiest way is to use the command line:

$ git remote remove origin
$ git remote add origin [email protected]:AquilineAdaeze/gitformyMac.git

thanks it worked !

really awesome tricks

If anyone using this in CI or script with set -e enabled, do note ssh -T [email protected] exits with non-zero, which prevent subsequent commands (like git push) from running. You can force exit code zero by using,

$ ssh -T [email protected] || :

Or in YML,

  - ssh -T [email protected] || ":"

tnks..

This could have a link to a tutorial showing how to setup the SSH keys on your account, had to search this elsewhere. Anyways, thanks for the gist!

Very useful! Maybe consider including the link to https://github.com/settings/keys? That would make the instructions even quicker to use, and the url will probably remain the same for a while

@ajsaraujo @janek done 😄

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:User name /repo.git
this command really works me. thank you.

THX

Easiest way is to use the command line:

Thanks, it worked.

Thanks for the directions. I'm trying this in a shared hosting account. When I try testing the key with ssh -T [email protected] I get:
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/sss_ssh_knownhostsproxy: No such file or directory
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

Can you help? Is it not possible to set up a SSH key in shared hosting shell?

@argiepiano it looks like your server doesn't have the ssh command configured correctly - you may need to get in touch with your hosting provider as sss_ssh_knownhostsproxy looks like something weird on their end.

Thanks for the guidance but after following the steps it is still asking for the username and password with pushing.

Thanks for the guidance but after following the steps it is still asking for the username and password with pushing.

had the same issue. It helped when I switched to the ssh and not https, Moreover I've added my public-key not to my account settings instead I've added my key to the repo with special rights, I've just created my repo so with a fix new git clone everything was fine but if you had bigger stuff and some branches etc. maybe script this will help https://gist.github.com/m14t/3056747