Can't connect IntelliJ-IDEA to GitLab with SSH

Question

I am trying to connect my GitLab repository with IntelliJ-IDEA, and it still cant connect to the repo. I have tried the next things:

• I have msysgit installed correctly
• Generated the SSH keys (https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/)
• Added the key on GitLab keys
• Define the enviroment variables HOME USERPROFILE point to C:\Users\sebastian.garces.ssh. %USERPROFILE$/.ssh %HOME$/.ssh
• In IntelliJ changed SSH executable to Native

I did a lot of things from this links:

• How do I connect IntelliJ to GitHub using SSH
• How to store SSH host key in IntelliJ IDEA

And many other google searchs

I dont know what else to do nothing is working.

UPDATE: When i try to Clone the repository and press the Test Button it loads and loads and nothing happen after a while it give me this error: repository test has failed

Answer 1

If you are you Windows and tried to clone a gitlab project and it failed, make sure to :

1. Have setup a password in Gitlab (after registration, you'll need to create a password in your Account Setting)

2. In Windows, access the Credential Manager

3. Find Suppress gitlab accesses

4. Retry cloning the project

For me, it worked!

Answer 2

Try to install plugin: Settings -> Plugins -> Browse repositories -> type GitLab Projects Plugin minimum version 1.3.0

and go to Settings -> Other Settings -> GitLab Settings

Fill GitLab Server Url with https://gitlab.com/ (ensure slash at the end) and

GitLab API Key with string (private token which is shown as the first thing on: https://gitlab.com/profile/account)

And then the test in IntelliJ IDEA will pass and you will be able to use ssh or https for each repository...

UPDATE: GitLab UI changed, so private tokens are created at https://gitlab.com/profile/personal_access_tokens

Answer 3

The plugin worked for me after I found that a forward slash was missing after the .com in - GitLab Server Url with https://gitlab.com/ OS - Mac IDE - IntelliJ Plugin - GitLab Projects Plugin HTH SK