GitLab git user password

Question

I have just installed GitLab.

I created a project called project-x.

I have created few users and assigned it to the project.

Now I tried to clone:

Answer 1

The same solution for Windows machine:

1. Generate SSH key and add key to Git lab server
2. Make sure 2 SSH key files are in /.ssh folder (e.g C:\Users\xxx.ssh)

Clone should be successful without password require.

Answer 2

On my Windows 10 machine it was because the SSH_GIT environment variable wasn't set to use the putty plink I had installed on my machine.

Answer 3

My problem was that I had a DNS entry for gitlab.example.com to point to my load balancer. So when I tried command ssh git@gitlab.example.com I was really connecting to the wrong machine.

I made an entry in my ~/.ssh/config file:

Host gitlab.example.com
    Hostname 192.168.1.50

That wasted a lot of time...

Answer 4

After adding the new SSH Key in GitLab, check if you have "git" group included in SSHD AllowGroups (for Debian /etc/ssh/sshd_config). If not, add it and restart sshd (systemctl restart ssh).

Test it with ssh -vT git@192.168.8.2 as suggested above.

Answer 5

Not strictly related to the current scenario. Sometimes when you are prompted for password, it is because you added the wrong* origin format (HTTPS instead of SSH)

HTTP(S) protocol is commonly used for public repos with strong username+pass
SSH authentication is more common for internal projects where you can authenticate with a ssh-key-file and simple pass-phrase
GitLab users are more likely to use the SSH protocol

View your remote info with

git remote -v

If you see HTTP(S) address, this is the command to change it to SSH:

git remote set-url origin git@gitlab.my_domain.com/example-project.git

Answer 6

You may usually if you have multiple keys setup via ssh on your system (my device is running Windows 10), you will encounter this issue, the fix is to:

Precondition: Setup up your SSH Keys as indicated by GitLab

1. open /c/Users//.ssh/config file with Notepad++ or your favourite editor
2. paste the following inside it. Host IdentityFile ~/.ssh/

Please note, there is a space before the second line, very important to avoid this solution not working.