Generating Ssh Keys For Bitbucket

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Configuring SSH access to servers for your builds and deployments on Bitbucket Pipelines used to be a real pain. We had a manual process that involved generating keys locally, then base64 encoding them to pass through environment variables in your build. Feb 12, 2018  change the credentials “kind” to “SSH Username with private key” in follow with username that is being used in the bitbucket account,private key and passphrase that used to unlock the private key. Now add the public key to bit bucket, Bitbucket – settings – security–ssh keys –add keys. Cat /.ssh/idrsa.pub; copy my key ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz. My email to clipboard; in bitbucket access my configuration SSH keys; add the key; in console of my ubuntu, I use the command: ssh -T git@bitbucket.org; After using the command from step 6, the following message appears: $ ssh -T git@bitbucket.org logged in as ricardoramos.

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  • Resolution: Fixed
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  • Environment:

    Mac OS X Sierra desktop

    Bitbucket Server

    Sourcetree 2.4 (and the Beta has this problem too)

Please watch my short video illustrating the experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUAkG78BFE&feature=youtu.be

Scenario 1:

On MacOS X Sierra when setting up SourceTree for first time and choosing 'SSH' as the authentication method, SourceTree:

  • Generating SSH keys for Bitbucket. GitKraken will use your local SSH Config from SSH Defaults to fetch and push to Bitbucket, unless you set up a Bitbucket-specific SSH key, or enable your local SSH Agent. Once your Bitbucket account has been connected to GitKraken, you may then generate an SSH key and add it to your Bitbucket account from.
  • Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent. Before adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent to manage your keys, you should have checked for existing SSH keys and generated a new SSH key. When adding your SSH key to the agent, use the default macOS ssh-add command, and not an application installed by macports, homebrew, or some other external source.
  • Add an SSH access key to either a Bitbucket Server project or repository Copy the public key. One approach is to display the key on-screen using cat. Now, in Bitbucket Server, go to the Settings tab for the project or repository. Click Access keys and then Add key. Choose the Read permission.
  • From Sourcetree, open the PuTTY Key Generator dialog by going to Tools Create or Import SSH Keys. Click Load, navigate to your SSH folder, and click the private key. Enter your passphrase for the SSH key.
  1. Should not have a URL for the Bitbucket server, should be a hostname without the https://
  2. Should not need a 'password'
  3. Generate SSH Key button is greyed out
  4. User can skip setup and perform this step manually through the Remote Repository Browser's 'Add Account' function

Scenario 2

On MacOS X Sierra when using the 'Add Account' function the experience when selecting SSH as the authentication method is:

  1. URL is asked for, should be a hostname
  2. Password is not needed
  3. User should be able to select an existing ssh key on their system
  4. Generate Key button is visible and clickable, when clicked, process continues, but no key is generated and a 'Tooltip' is displayed when account is saved indicating no SSH key
  5. When editing the account, and selecting 'Generate Key' it now works (but generates a public/private key with a 'space' in the filename (e.g. mwilde_Bitbucket Server.pub)

After putting my public key in my account on Bitbucket and trying to clone, errors are related to what is in the '.ssh/config' file this occurs.

  1. No hostname is in the '.ssh/config' file (edited by SourceTree) causing a failure on clone
  2. When hostname is added, errors occur due to 'space' in filename
  3. When '.ssh/config' is edited removing spaces and subsequently renaming the private key to match the reference in the '.ssh/config' file

After 'fixing' all of these issues, cloning only works thru the CLI, or via a 'Clone in SourceTree' link up in Bitbucket Server. Cloning does not work through the remote repository browser.

Please watch my short video illustrating the experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUAkG78BFE&feature=youtu.be

Note: I have a few hundred people in my company i'd like to train on SourceTree (and have them use SSH keys if possible), so please fix this ASAP.

Assignee:
Brian Ganninger (Inactive)
Reporter:
Michael S Wilde
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After you've checked for existing SSH keys, you can generate a new SSH key to use for authentication, then add it to the ssh-agent.

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If you don't already have an SSH key, you must generate a new SSH key. If you're unsure whether you already have an SSH key, check for existing keys.

If you don't want to reenter your passphrase every time you use your SSH key, you can add your key to the SSH agent, which manages your SSH keys and remembers your passphrase.

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Generating a new SSH key

  1. Open TerminalTerminalGit Bashthe terminal.

  2. Paste the text below, substituting in your GitHub Enterprise email address.

    This creates a new ssh key, using the provided email as a label.

  3. When you're prompted to 'Enter a file in which to save the key,' press Enter. This accepts the default file location.

  4. At the prompt, type a secure passphrase. For more information, see 'Working with SSH key passphrases'.

Adding your SSH key to the ssh-agent

Before adding a new SSH key to the ssh-agent to manage your keys, you should have checked for existing SSH keys and generated a new SSH key. When adding your SSH key to the agent, use the default macOS ssh-add command, and not an application installed by macports, homebrew, or some other external source.

  1. Start the ssh-agent in the background.

  2. If you're using macOS Sierra 10.12.2 or later, you will need to modify your ~/.ssh/config file to automatically load keys into the ssh-agent and store passphrases in your keychain.

  3. Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent and store your passphrase in the keychain. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.

    Note: The -K option is Apple's standard version of ssh-add, which stores the passphrase in your keychain for you when you add an ssh key to the ssh-agent.

    If you don't have Apple's standard version installed, you may receive an error. For more information on resolving this error, see 'Error: ssh-add: illegal option -- K.'

  4. Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.

If you have GitHub Desktop installed, you can use it to clone repositories and not deal with SSH keys. It also comes with the Git Bash tool, which is the preferred way of running git commands on Windows.

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  1. Ensure the ssh-agent is running:

    • If you are using the Git Shell that's installed with GitHub Desktop, the ssh-agent should be running.

    • If you are using another terminal prompt, such as Git for Windows, you can use the 'Auto-launching the ssh-agent' instructions in 'Working with SSH key passphrases', or start it manually:

  2. Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.

  3. Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.

  1. Start the ssh-agent in the background.

  2. Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.

  3. Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.

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  1. Start the ssh-agent in the background.

  2. Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.

  3. Add the SSH key to your GitHub account.

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Further reading

Stack Overflow

  • 'About SSH'
  • 'Working with SSH key passphrases'