crucible svn url cannot handle svn+ssh

Question

In Crucible I want to add a SVN repo with the svn+ssh URL syntax. For  example:

svn+ssh://user@myhost.example.com/repo/trunk

The error I'm getting is:

Unable to get info for the repository root for proj1
svn: E200015: authentication cancelled
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.cancel(SVNErrorManager.java:37)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.cancel(SVNErrorManager.java:32)
at

org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.DefaultSVNAuthenticationManager.getNextAuthentication(DefaultSVNAuthenticationManager.java:215)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNSSHConnector.open(SVNSSHConnector.java:140)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNConnection.open(SVNConnection.java:77)
Unable to get Repository Root URL for proj1:svn+ssh://user@myhost.example.com/repo/trunk/sources/proj
Exception getting FishEye access control
svn: E200015: authentication cancelled
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.cancel(SVNErrorManager.java:37)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.cancel(SVNErrorManager.java:32)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.DefaultSVNAuthenticationManager.getNextAuthentication(DefaultSVNAuthenticationManager.java:215)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNSSHConnector.open(SVNSSHConnector.java:140)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNConnection.open(SVNConnection.java:77)
Error testing connection.
svn: E200015: authentication cancelled
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.cancel(SVNErrorManager.java:37)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.cancel(SVNErrorManager.java:32)
at

org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.DefaultSVNAuthenticationManager.getNextAuthentication(DefaultSVNAuthenticationManager.java:215)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNSSHConnector.open(SVNSSHConnector.java:140)
at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNConnection.open(SVNConnection.java:77)
Connection failed.

If I run the SVN commands from a shell (same user that runs the crucible webserver) I don't get any error. So the authentication is correct.Where do I go from here?

Piotr Swiecicki · Answer

When you run svn client locally on that machine, do you use the same user as the one that FishEye is run on?  Perhaps the problem is that the user is different, so it uses different svn configuration?

See the https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHKB/Cannot+Access+SVN+Repository+Over+SSH+Due+to+Error+-+svn+authentication+cancelled page - it is possible to use private key authentication when accessing svn repositories over svn+ssh protocol.  Usually all required configuration would be read from svn configuration, but you can use system properties to specify exact location of key file etc.

Kees Bakker · Answer

OK, I've installed libsvn-java (Ubuntu) and now it can connect just fine.

I followed the installation instruction from https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/FISHEYE/Native+Subversion+Client

Kees Bakker · Answer

Thanks Piotr.

My configuration says:

The bundled Subversion client, SVNKit, is being used for Subversion operations.

The JavaHL client version is SVNKit v1.8.6.t20140430_1645.

The message that I showed in the question above are from "Test connection".

Thanks for pointing to SVNKit. If I run from the command line (jsvn) I can see that it persists to have a username/password. But I only have a user and an SSH key, there is no password.

$ sh lib/svn/jsvn --non-interactive info svn+ssh://...
svn: E170001: Authentication required for '...'

Doing the same thing with the actual (native?) SVN commands I have no problem.

So, SVNKit gets in my way. I don't see how I can persuade it to accept the svn+ssh URL without giving a password.

How do I tell Crucible/FishEye to use the SVN commands? (( BTW. I am confused about what FishEye means by "native". ))