Cannot git-clone an OpenShift application

Question

I just opened an OpenShift account, and went through this tutorial:

https://www.openshift.com/blogs/any-version-of-nodejs-you-want-in-the-cloud-openshift-does-it-paas-style

When I got to creating the app, I got the following error:

erelsgl@erelsgl-H61MLC:~/mynode$ sudo rhc create-app mynode nodejs-0.6
Application Options
-------------------
  Namespace:  erel
  Cartridges: nodejs-0.6
  Gear Size:  default
  Scaling:    no

Creating application 'mynode' ... done


Waiting for your DNS name to be available ... done

Cloning into 'mynode'...
Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '23.22.156.99' to the list of known hosts.
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Unable to clone your repository. Called Git with: git clone
ssh://[e-mail]/~/git/mynode.git/ "mynode"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WARNING:  Your application was created successfully but had problems during
          configuration. Below is a list of the issues and steps you can
          take to complete the configuration of your application.

  Application URL: http://mynode-erel.rhcloud.com/

  Issues:
    1. We were unable to clone your application's git repo - Unable to clone your repository.
Called Git with: git clone
ssh://[e-mail]/~/git/mynode.git/ "mynode"

  Steps to complete your configuration:
    1. Clone your git repo
      $ rhc git-clone mynode

  If you continue to experience problems after completing these steps,
  you can try destroying and recreating the application:

    $ rhc app delete mynode --confirm

  Please contact us if you are unable to successfully create your
  application:

    Support - https://www.openshift.com/support

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Your application 'mynode' is now available.

  URL:        http://mynode-erel.rhcloud.com/
  SSH to:     [e-mail]
  Git remote: ssh://[e-mail]/~/git/mynode.git/

Run 'rhc show-app mynode' for more details about your app.

I tried to clone, and got this:

erelsgl@erelsgl-H61MLC:~/mynode$ sudo rhc git-clone mynode
Cloning into 'mynode'...
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Unable to clone your repository. Called Git with: git clone
ssh://[e-mail]/~/git/mynode.git/ "mynode"

EDIT: I have an ssh key:

erelsgl@erelsgl-H61MLC:~/mynode$ sudo rhc sshkey list
default (type: ssh-rsa)
-----------------------
Fingerprint: 62:...

You have 1 SSH keys associated with your account.

Answer 1

go to preference in eclipse and in ssh key menu, click KEY MANAGEMENT and ther is a rsa key tab click that and copy your public key and click the button save as private key... then go to your open shift application and paste your public key and work on it... i hope it working

Answer 2

Your mistake is you are clone the repository inside app's host, this goes to clone your repository inside your application host on openshift, then it gives you a permission denied to write access on host, you must close it in your local.

First Open a Command Prompt, then type:

mkdir apprepo
cd /d apprepo
git clone ssh://[e-mail]/~/git/mynode.git/

and if you have any changes in repository:

git commit -a
git push

Answer 3

I got exactly the same issue and found the solution, under windows. It seems you are under Linux, but may be this will give you ideas.

First you need to make sure your SSL keys have been created properly for Git (check this post on my blog for instructions).

Then, using Git for Windows, right click on the folder to clone the project and enter the SSL URL:

Make sure you check Load Putty Key and select the path to your .ppk file. This worked like a charm for me.

May be you need to specify the path to your private key file under Linux when cloning from the command line.

Answer 4

This seems to be the thread for answering SSH key related issues, even if the answer relating to not cloning on the host machine seems to make the most sense.

Regarding the configured keys being good for opening an SSH connection but not for git cloning, I tried everything in this thread and on the OpenShift site and eventually discovered that Git for Windows wasn't using the SSH keys managed by Pageant; the only way for me to clone my repository was to have the Git GUI generate a new key for me and then add that one's public key to my OpenShift application as well.

I'm posting this answer here because I don't know where else I should, I hope it's helpful!

Answer 5

Don't use sudo when creating your app or when using rhc

Answer 6

I have the same problem as you, and got an idea based on ʀɣαɳĵ answer

Don't use sudo when creating your app or when using rhc

Considering this recommendation I tried deleting my app and re-creating it using my user without using sudo, but I received some permission errors indicating problems accessing:
- .openshift folder under my user home folder
- .ssh/rsa* documents under my user home folder also
- My actual directory where a new directory would be created as part of the app creation

After granting access to those resources using chmod:
- chmod 755 for both .openshift and .ssh/rsa*
- chmod -R 777 mydir in my actual directory

I re created the app (rhc create app yourAppName platform ) and everything is working fine now!

Hope it helps you.