git pull returns Permission denied (publickey)

[bitrixdevelop]

Hello!
I wanted to automatically pulling changes on the dev server after the push.

My action:

name: Remote SSH
on:

• push
  jobs:
  build:
  name: Build
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
  • name: executing remote ssh commands using password
    uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
    with:
    host: ${{ secrets.IP }}
    username: ${{ secrets.USER }}
    password: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
    port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    script: |
    ${{ secrets.SCRIPT }}

The SCRIPT contains the following commands:

cd /home/project
git pull origin master

When I run the action, I get the following message:

======END======
err: git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
err: fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
err: Please make sure you have the correct access rights
err: and the repository exists.
2023/03/14 15:17:10 Process exited with status 1

The action connects under root. If I run the same commands manually under it, then there is no error, the pool is successful. Help me please!

[BlackRandomCraft]

maybe u change steps.password to steps.key?

[bitrixdevelop]

I tried, but nothing happened

[AntonioKichaev]

if u use git like ssh, i recommend u remove passphrase

ssh-keygen -p -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa

and leave field passphrame empty
this worked for me, try to do this

[appleboy]

Please add your private key to deploy keys page as below

    - name: pull private repository
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.10
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
        key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        script_stop: true
        script: |
          git clone git@github.com:go-training/self-runner.git test_repository2
          cd test_repository2 && git pull
          rm -rf test_repository2

It is working for me. See the output log

[aktienautobahn]

It is not allowed to add private key to the deploy key page, as you wrote, because : "Key is invalid. You must supply a key in OpenSSH public key format".

I can pull manually without password: my SSH-authentification works.

But with this github actions does not:

I can perform ssh commands but not authenticate with github:

err: Cloning into 'personal-site'...
err: git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
err: fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
err: Please make sure you have the correct access rights
err: and the repository exists.

My shortened config file:

if I change the key to
key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}
I can not authenticate with VPS server at all, cause I need a key to perform commands inside the VPS bash.

[webbyus]

Please add your private key to deploy keys page as below

    - name: pull private repository
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.10
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
        key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        script_stop: true
        script: |
          git clone git@github.com:go-training/self-runner.git test_repository2
          cd test_repository2 && git pull
          rm -rf test_repository2

It is working for me. See the output log

If its success , why it shows "err Cloning into ...."

[lkp-k]

same, why does it show err?

So confusing

@appleboy

[alejandroaquintero]

Please add your private key to deploy keys page as below

    - name: pull private repository
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.10
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
        key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        script_stop: true
        script: |
          git clone git@github.com:go-training/self-runner.git test_repository2
          cd test_repository2 && git pull
          rm -rf test_repository2

It is working for me. See the output log

Can not add a private key as a deploy key

[JosefSaltz]

Also running into this issue, not sure if there's been a revision to how GH handles Deploy Keys specifically. I guess work around is to use regular repo secrets?

[viniciusaugutisps]

Same problem here. Did anyone manage to solve this problem?

[blekmus]

I had the same problem. Only solution was to start the ssh-agent and add the private key.

name: Deploy App
on: [push]
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: remote execution
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
        script: |
          eval `ssh-agent -s`
          ssh-add ~/.ssh/git_id_rsa
          cd ${{ secrets.PATH}} 
          git pull