GitLab SSH Keys Not Working – Troubleshooting Guide

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I am having issues with Gitlab. I used the following guide to install and configure Gitlab https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-recipes/blob/master/install/centos/README.md. The installation seemed to go well and all. The web application seems to be working fine. However I am unable to clone, pull, push, basically I essentially cannot use Gitlab. I have seen 403 errors with HTTP and permission denied when trying to clone over SSH.

I have ensured my private keys are setup correctly on both Windows and OS X. I can see the public keys on the server. I added the following to my config file in ~/.ssh.config

Host {hostname}
    User git
    Hostname {hostname}
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile C:/Users/{username}/.ssh/id_rsa

This is what I see in /var/log/secure

Jan 14 17:31:48 dev_version_control sshd[3696]: Connection closed by 192.168.17.113
Jan 14 17:32:18 dev_version_control sshd[3700]: Connection closed by 192.168.17.113

The /var/log/message didn't role when I tried using git or ssh

I'm not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions?

I don't know what you mean by SSH using git username. The guide I used did not create a password for the git user and stated that user cannot be used to login.

Best Answer

Providing that you have loaded your private key on your client, then it sounds like this might be a permissions issue on the 'git' user home directory and .ssh directory.

Please try changing your /home/git directory to a mask of 0711:

chmod 0711 /home/git

Ensure the /home/git/.ssh directory has a mask of 0700:

chmod 0700 /home/git/.ssh

Ensure the /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys file has a mask of 0600:

chmod 0600 /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

Replace /home/git with whatever your home directory for the 'git' user is, if it was different in the tutorial. If it's not permissions, then please let comment and we'll see what else might be the issue.

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