Link to ssh key when using git on windows - windows

I want to use an ssh key when using git from a Windows machine to a Linux server. I have ssh keys already set-up and can connect via ssh through PuTTy. How do I tell git to use this key to connect via ssh?
I have looked through other posts and couldn't find this exact issue
Thanks
Tom

Please create in your windows home directory file: .ssh/config and put into this:
Host <your.git.hostname>
IdentityFile <path.to.ssh.key.pem>
Now you can try from console:
ssh -v <your.git.hostname>
after this you can see which key file is used
Another way is setting GIT_SSH environment variable to point to plink.exe

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SSH to wpengine works in windows command terminal but not git bash

Recently I had to get my hard drive replaced on my work machine and thus had to reconfigure everything. As a result I had to reinstall git bash. Before I was able to ssh fine into wpengine and now I cannot.
I am able to connect via the regular windows terminal fine but when I try with git bash I am getting the "Permission denied (publickey)." error for the same exact command.
I have tried all the suggested options from wpengine and in the different questions related to this on other SE questions and nothing is working.
I am using a Windows machine on windows 10.
Here are the following things I have tried:
Regenerating the key and adding it to my user public keys again and
then waiting 24 hours.
Adding the config details to the ssh_config file in C:\Program
Files\Git\etc\ssh
Adding a config file to my /User/username/.ssh/ folder.
I have tried using the following link and adding the wpengine rsa file: https://gist.github.com/jherax/979d052ad5759845028e6742d4e2343b as well.
Any and all help would be appreciated.
My guess is there is some kind of permissions issue going on the local machine?
Why would the request from git bash terminal to wpengine look different from windows command terminal?
I did solve my issue. If it helps you please use it!
When I used the command to the ssh host with : ssh -v user#environment.wpengine.ssh.net info
I got back this among the debug errors:
debug1: Offering public key: /c/Users/USERNAME/.ssh/KEY_FILENAME RSA XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX explicit
debug1: send_pubkey_test: no mutual signature algorithm
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
user#environment.ssh.wpengine.net: Permission denied (publickey).
After finding this page:
https://transang.me/ssh-handshake-is-rejected-with-no-mutual-signature-algorithm-error/
I was able to solve the issue by adding the line:
PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa to my ssh config file.
Honestly I am not even 10% certain on WHY this worked, however, it solved my problem.
How To Connect with SSH In WPEngine
If you are having trouble connecting to SSH in WPEngine Following are the commands which I used:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f c:/users//.ssh/wpengine_rsa
Add Fingerprint in WPEngine My Profile – SSH
Add Config file
Host *.ssh.wpengine.net
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/wpengine_rsa
IdentitiesOnly yes
Connect with your wordpress website (windows command prompt)
ssh environment#environment.ssh.wpengine.net

Using VS Code with native Windows OpenSSH client

I'm trying to pass from Putty/Pagent/plink to Windows OpenSSH native client.
I already managed to do this in TortoiseGit, but with the main problem with VSCode seem to be I can't set which ssh agent to use.
I enabled the OpenSSH agent service on Windows to start automatically and added my open ssh key with ssh-add.
Every time i try to push from VSCode all i got is an error message with
Git: FATAL ERROR: Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: public key)
When trying to push from terminal I got also
Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.
As already said, with TortoiseGit I have no problem at all, and the only differences are that in TortoiseGit I set the ssh-agent.
you might need to confirm your System environment variable GIT_SSH points to the ssh within Git: C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe
You may need to update your Windows OpenSSH. If you run ssh -V from a PowerShell window and see OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.7p1, this is probably the case. The instructions for upgrading are available in the Install Win32 OpenSSH Wiki.
General
VS Code uses the Windows version of OpenSSH.
The config file that you change in VS Code is located in /Users/<username>/.ssh/config
The default location/name of a key is at /Users/<username>/.ssh/id_rsa.
Example
Local: Windows 10 machine with VS Code and the very awesome Remote - SSH extension installed
Remote: Ubuntu, where I use git for development and need my private key available
Since the remote is shared, I want to use SSH agent forwarding and keep my private key(s) on my local machine
Config file:
Host mybox
HostName actual.ip.or.name.of.mybox.com
User myusername
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
ForwardAgent yes
PowerShell Commands (Run as Administrator)
Start-Service ssh-agent
ssh-add C:\Users\<username>\.ssh\id_rsa # private key to add
ssh-add -L # list keys added
Set-Service ssh-agent -StartupType Automatic # optional

How to use svn+ssh in IntelliJ Windows?

Our SVN server allows ssh connections only. How can I configure IntelliJ on Windows to connect to SVN server using svn+ssh?
In order to connect to SVN using ssh on a Windows machine, you will need to
Generate your ssh private key and upload it to your user allowed keys on the server.
Create a saved PuTTy session to use the private key file.
Download TortoiseSVN Plink to be used as SSH tunnel.
Configure IntelliJ to use TortoiseSVN to connect to your SVN server.
Here are the details of these steps.
1. Generate your private key.
You can use PUTTYGEN to generate the private key.
Then save the key in the .ssh folder in the user home directory.
If you have Windows 10, you can use Bash on Ubuntu on Windows to generate and load your private keys.
ssh-keygen -t rsa
This will generate the file ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Then load the key to the server
ssh-copy-id amr#example.com
The final step is to move the generated file from the Ubuntu subsystem path to your home directory in windows.
cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa /mnt/c/Users/amr/.ssh/
You still need to convert the key from OpenSSH to PPK format using the PUTTYGEN tool. From the tool load the file and then save the private key again in the PPK format.
2. Create a saved PuTTy session and configure it to use your private key.
Create a new session in PuTTY for login into the SVN server and change the setting of SSH/Auth to point to the private key file
3. Use Tortoise SVN Plink as the ssh tunnel
Download and install Tortoise SVN. It has a command line tool named TortoisePlink which is based on puTTY. We will use plink as the SSH tunnel for SVN.
4. Configure IntelliJ to use this SSH tunnel for Subversion.
Go to File/Settings/Version Control/Subversion then select SSH settings tab.
Select Subversion config
make sure SSH tunnel is set to $SVN_SSH ssh -q
then add the path to TortoisPlink as in the picture. Make sure to skip backslashes.
Then, you are good to go.

PuTTY fatal error: "No supported authentication methods available"

PuTTY fatal error:
No supported authentication methods available
When I tried to login into the production server, I am getting above error. Could anyone help me to fix this?
Edit file
sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Set PasswordAuthentication yes
Then restart server
sudo service ssh restart
sudo service sshd restart
It worked for me after I did the following steps :
1- Download Puttygen (https://www.puttygen.com/download-putty)
2- Open PUttyGen and then Load the private key from :
C:\Users[username]\Chapter6.vagrant\machines\default\virtualbox
3- save the new private key with a new name.
4- Open Putty, go to Connection > SSH > Auth > and add the new private key
5- Connect now using 127.0.0.1 and 2222
I think your private key file format is not compatible with putty for putty uses its' native format instead.
Detail:http://tartarus.org/~simon/putty-snapshots/htmldoc/Chapter10.html#errors-no-auth
If you are using cloud service and trying to connect server using ssh then Don't login the user name as ec2-user, the default user name is ubuntu forubuntu server.
This error can also be seen if you haven’t selected the .ppk file for the session in Putty: Connection > SSH > Auth
You’re done if you’ve employed PuttyGen to generate the keys. Else import the private key to your .ppk file as others have instructed.
Note on Linux as opposed to Windows, puttygen is accessed only via the command line. Here’s some resources for that:
https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.76/htmldoc/Chapter8.html#pubkey
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/puttygen.1.html
https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/putty/linux/puttygen
In my case, I updated the Putty application to the latest and issue was solved.
Do you still have access to the server (maybe an open shell?) Check /var/log/messages for more details. This could have something to do with your PAM configuration.
Did you change folder permissions? i met this question in this week, so i find the error that is cause to me change the folder(name is ec2-user) permission.
1.Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
2.Change PasswordAuthentication and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to yes.
3a. Restart ssh /etc/init.d/ssh restart.
OR
3b. better you use service sshd restart
If you've saved your public key on an external drive and it's not connected, putty will throw this error when connecting to your remote server.
Solved via Puttygen
I was on a windows system and it doesnt support direct shell access like linux or macOS.
Download Puttygen.
Load the .pem key to puttygen
Save as Private key
Use this key to login to ec2 instance
P.S : Also if the SSH ask for login/username - enter ubuntu or admin
Download Puttygen
Load the .pem key to puttygen
convert .pem file to .ppk
Save as Private key
Install/Open Putty >> puTTY Configuration >> Auth >> Browse >> path to .ppk file
Use this key to login to ec2 instance (check that IP of remote server is allowed in security group config of EC2 instance)
Username
The usual user names are ec2-user, ubuntu, centos, root, or admin
If that server is in the cloud like AWS, the rookie mistake I did was not realizing that a new Public IPv4 DNS gets used when the instance was off for some time. So, check the new DNS
Today I faced the same problem. So in putty you have to use "user name" of your EC2 instance
to get your "user name" of your EC2 instance
Select EC2 instance
select Connect
Now go to putty use ec2_name#public address
To see your public address
select EC2
under details you will be able to see your public address.
Now try loading your "ppk" file you will be able to log in.
For Digital Ocean, we should enable password authentication first.
The complete instruction is here: https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/i-lost-the-ssh-key-for-my-droplet/#enable-password-authentication
Log in to the Droplet via the Recovery Console
Even though you have a root password for the Droplet, if you try to log in via SSH using that password immediately, you’ll receive a Permission denied (publickey) error. This is because password authentication is still disabled on the Droplet. To fix this, you need to log in via the Recovery Console and update its SSH configuration.
There are detailed instructions on how to connect to Droplets with the
Recovery Console for a more explicit walkthrough, but here’s a brief
summary:
On the Droplet’s detail page, in the same Access tab, click the Launch
Console button.
At the login prompt, enter root as the username.
At the subsequent password prompt, enter the root password you were
sent via email. Most distributions prompt you to enter the password
twice, but some (like Fedora 27) do not.
Enter a new root password to replace the one that was emailed to you,
then enter that same new password again.
You will now be logged in as root in the Recovery Console, which gives
you access to the Droplet’s SSH configuration.
Enable Password Authentication To enable password authentication on
your Droplet, you need to modify a line in its SSH config file, which
is /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config using your preferred text editor, like nano
or vim. Find the line that reads PasswordAuthentication no line and
change it to PasswordAuthentication yes, then save and exit the file.
Because the SSH daemon only reads its configuration files when it’s
first starting, you need to restart it for these changes to take
effect. The command to do this depends on your operating system:
Operating System SSH Restart Command
Ubuntu 14.x service ssh restart
Ubuntu 15.4 and up systemctl restart ssh
Debian systemctl restart ssh
CentOS 6 service sshd restart
CentOS 7 systemctl restart sshd
Fedora systemctl restart sshd\

Set up tunnel for SVN (using Cornerstone/Mac)

I've been using Tortoise to checkout/commit to the svn repository. It is set up to use Tortoiseplink as SSH client (D:\TortoiseSVN\bin\TortoisePlink.exe -l foo -pw bar). I have now moved to a Mac (using Cornerstone) but I can't get the same sort of setup. Whatever I do, I can't get Cornerstone to connect to the repo.
Do I need to set up an ssh tunnel? And how do I do that on a Mac?
Update: screenshot of the settings needed
What you have looks correct - the only thing I can think of is that your SSH connection is not working for some reason. Have you tried just doing an SSH to the server hosting the repository? To do this, open Terminal and type:
$ ssh hostgator_username#gator123.hostgator.com
If you are prompted for a password and you can log into the machine then that is a good start - if not that suggests that something is fishy with your network setup.

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