Can t fetch git repositories in puppet using ssh

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I have a requirement where I need to fetch git repositories using cron jobs via a specific user in Puppet. There's a private key located in my ~/.ssh directory, which I add to my ssh-agent with this exec:

  exec {
  'add-ssh-key':
    cwd => '/home/user/.ssh',
    command => "bash -c 'eval $(ssh-agent) ssh-add rsa_key'",
    path => '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin',
    provider => 'shell'
  }

The agent started, but I cannot pull the repository ie. cron job doesn't execute, may be coz i'm not connected with the correct ssh agent.

What's the work around for this?

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Karan
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1 answer to this question.

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Try adding a section to the user's ~/.ssh/config file to instruct it to use the key when connecting to the git server.

Host my-git-server
    Hostname git.example.net
    User gituser
    IdentityFile /home/user/.ssh/rsa_key

Make sure that Puppet ensures the private key has appropriately limited permissions.There's no role of ssh-agent here.

answered Aug 8, 2019 by Sirajul
• 59,230 points

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