Jenkins git ssh auth in Centos 6

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After install Gitlab the next step  was install Jenkins and start to work with a continuous integration server. I installed Jenkins following doc and create a new project for one of my repos. and i get this output

Building in workspace /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/PFC/workspace
Checkout:workspace / /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/PFC/workspace – hudson.remoting.LocalChannel@1aba936a
Using strategy: Default
Cloning the remote Git repository
Cloning repository origin
ERROR: Error cloning remote repo ‘origin’ : Could not clone gitolite@git.luzem.com:pfc.git
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Could not clone gitolite@git.luzem.com:pfc.git
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.clone(GitAPI.java:245)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1117)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1059)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:832)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:814)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1059)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1218)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:581)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:470)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1421)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:238)
Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command “git clone –progress -o origin gitolite@git.luzem.com:pfc.git /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/PFC/workspace” returned status code 128:
stdout: Initialized empty Git repository in /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/PFC/workspace/.git/

stderr: Host key verification failed.
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.launchCommandIn(GitAPI.java:779)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.access$000(GitAPI.java:38)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI$1.invoke(GitAPI.java:241)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI$1.invoke(GitAPI.java:221)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:832)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:814)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.clone(GitAPI.java:221)
… 12 more
Trying next repository
ERROR: Could not clone repository
FATAL: Could not clone
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Could not clone
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1129)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1059)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:832)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:814)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1059)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1218)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.checkout(AbstractBuild.java:581)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractRunner.run(AbstractBuild.java:470)
at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1421)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:238)

When you install Jenkins from the repos one problem is configure ssh keys for jenkins user, the first thing to configure ssh keys was su jenkins and run ssh keygen but it failed because i can’t log with Jenkins user.

i open a terminal as root on server machine as root and start writing:

vim /etc/passwd

changing jenkins line

jenkins:x:492:486:Jenkins Continuous Build server:/var/lib/jenkins:/bin/false

for

jenkins:x:492:486:Jenkins Continuous Build server:/var/lib/jenkins:/bin/bash

after changuing this line you can do

su jenkins

cd

ssh-keygen

cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub

now you have the key for your jenkins user and it can pull from your repos

for more security edit again /etc/passwd and pul false in jenkins shell

jenkins:x:492:486:Jenkins Continuous Build server:/var/lib/jenkins:/bin/false