Git clone failing only via Ansible. Working via cmdline.

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Hello,

When I git clone from cmdline, I am able to clone successfully. But when I do the same thing via, Ansible, something is going wrong.

git clone git@gitlab.com:xxxx/yyyy.git
Cloning into 'yyyy'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 223, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (223/223), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (164/164), done.
remote: Total 223 (delta 21), reused 175 (delta 6), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (223/223), 667.18 KiB | 204.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (21/21), done.

Also, following is fine.

ssh -vT [git@gitlab.com](mailto:git@gitlab.com)
[...]
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
**Welcome to GitLab**, @mukuntharajaa!
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype [eow@openssh.com](mailto:eow@openssh.com) reply 0
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
Transferred: sent 2776, received 3416 bytes, in 0.9 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 2926.2, received 3600.8
debug1: Exit status 0

Only via Ansible, git cloning is failing.

fatal: [192.168.99.105]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": ["/usr/bin/git", "fetch", "--tags", "origin"], "msg": "Failed to download remote objects and refs:  Load key \"/home/mrajaa/.ssh/id_rsa.pub\": **invalid format\r\[ngit@gitlab.com](mailto:ngit@gitlab.com): Permission denied (publickey)**.\r\nfatal: Could not read from remote repository.\n\nPlease make sure you have the correct access rights\nand the repository exists.\n"}

My git clone task is like this,

2

Hello,

When I git clone from cmdline, I am able to clone successfully. But when I do the same thing via, Ansible, something is
going wrong.

>git clone git@gitlab.com:xxxx/yyyy.git Cloning into 'yyyy'... remote: Enumerating objects: 223, done. remote: Counting
objects: 100% (223/223), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (164/164), done. remote: Total 223 (delta 21), reused
175 (delta 6), pack-reused 0 Receiving objects: 100% (223/223), 667.18 KiB | 204.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100%
(21/21), done. |

Also, following is fine.

>ssh -vT git@gitlab.com <mailto:git@gitlab.com> [...] debug1: Sending environment. debug1: Sending env LANG =
en_US.UTF-8 *Welcome to GitLab*, @mukuntharajaa! debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype eow@openssh.com <mailto:eow@openssh.com> reply 0 debug1: channel 0:
free: client-session, nchannels 1 Transferred: sent 2776, received 3416 bytes, in 0.9 seconds Bytes per second: sent
2926.2, received 3600.8 debug1: Exit status 0 |

Only via Ansible, git cloning is failing.

>fatal: [192.168.99.105]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": ["/usr/bin/git", "fetch", "--tags", "origin"], "msg":
"Failed to download remote objects and refs: ||Load key \"/home/mrajaa/.ssh/id_rsa.pub\": *invalid format\r\ngit@gitlab.com <mailto:ngit@gitlab.com>: Permission
denied (publickey)*.\r\nfatal: Could not read from remote repository.\n\nPlease make sure you have the correct access
rights\nand the repository exists.\n"} |

My git clone task is like this,
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

name: use git to clone myconfigs
git:
dest: “{{ myconfig_dir }}”
repo: “{{ dotfile_repo }}”
accept_hostkey: yes
key_file: “{{ ssh_key }}”
force: no #this will not forcefully clone, if there are some local modifications
ignore_errors: true
```

The value for key_file expects the path to the *private* SSH key.

Regards
         Racke

3

Hello,

When I git clone from cmdline, I am able to clone successfully. But when I do the same thing via, Ansible, something is going wrong.

git clone git@gitlab.com:xxxx/yyyy.git
Cloning into 'yyyy'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 223, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (223/223), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (164/164), done.
remote: Total 223 (delta 21), reused 175 (delta 6), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (223/223), 667.18 KiB | 204.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (21/21), done.

Also, following is fine.

ssh -vT [git@gitlab.com](mailto:git@gitlab.com)
[...]
debug1: Sending environment.
debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8
**Welcome to GitLab**, @mukuntharajaa!
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply 0
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype [eow@openssh.com](mailto:eow@openssh.com) reply 0
debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1
Transferred: sent 2776, received 3416 bytes, in 0.9 seconds
Bytes per second: sent 2926.2, received 3600.8
debug1: Exit status 0

Only via Ansible, git cloning is failing.

fatal: [192.168.99.105]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": ["/usr/bin/git", "fetch", "--tags", "origin"], "msg": "Failed to download remote objects and refs:  Load key \"/home/mrajaa/.ssh/id_rsa.pub\": **invalid format\r\[ngit@gitlab.com](mailto:ngit@gitlab.com): Permission denied (publickey)**.\r\nfatal: Could not read from remote repository.\n\nPlease make sure you have the correct access rights\nand the repository exists.\n"}

My git clone task is like this,

name: use git to clone myconfigs
git:
dest: “{{ myconfig_dir }}”
repo: “{{ dotfile_repo }}”
accept_hostkey: yes
key_file: “{{ ssh_key }}”
force: no #this will not forcefully clone, if there are some local modifications
ignore_errors: true


I even have task to add ssh keys.
  • name: Add ssh keys to ssh-agent
    authorized_key:
    user: “{{ username }}”
    state: present
    key: “{{ lookup(‘file’, item) }}”
    with_fileglob:
    • “{{ home_dir }}.ssh/*.pub”

Note that your task name is a bit misleading, as it add keys to a file. Nothing is done with agents.

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Thanks. That worked !!! I missed to see this word in document. My bad :frowning:
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