Adding ssh key to gitlab

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I installed Gitlab on a Fedora 17 server following this guide and I believe everything works fine, except that I cannot add ssh keys or push my local repository to the server.

When trying to add a SSH key via the web interface I get the message "Fingerprint cannot be generated"

When I try to push the local repo to the server with

    git remote add origin git@myserver:user/repo.git
    git push -u origin master

It asks me for the password of the git user, which I cannot introduce since it does not have one. How can I fix this? I've tried to search the logs for debugging information but could not find anything.

edit: I've tried adding my public rsa key to authorized_keys and I can ssh without entering the password (the session closes because login is disabled for this user). However, when I try to push origin master I get the following

    fatal: protocol error: bad line length character: This

Found the solution to the git push problem in this answer stackoverflow.com/questions/22314298/… — Pedro G.
– Pedro G., Commented Mar 15, 2014 at 23:53

Pritam Baral · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-14 19:52:50Z

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About the "Fingerprint cannot be generated": GitLab needs access to /tmp for generating fingerprints, and SELinux might be preventing that. Relevant Discussion on GitHub

answered Mar 14, 2014 at 19:52

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Pedro G. Over a year ago

I executed those commands and it works now. Thanks! Now I only need to get the regular git push to work.

Vlad · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-05 19:29:07Z

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You have to use OpenSSH version of key.

Under *Linux you can get this version of key with command: ssh-keygen -i -f /tmp/id_rsa.pub >>

Under Windows you can use Pyttygen application: open your key, then menu Conversions -> export OpenSSH key.

I guess it helps you :)

answered Sep 5, 2017 at 19:29

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