Enabling SSH access to Git repositories on Bamboo Agent

Robert Huet

Since I am using submodules, I have enabled SSH on my Stash repositories.  As a result, I can use the commandline to clone my repository with the recursive option to get all the content of my submodules, without prompting for password.  Unfortunately, I can't get Bamboo to successfully check out the same repository using the Source Code Checkout task.

I followed the instructions in the following article:  https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Configuring+Git+SSH+on+Windows

Even though, I added the SSH capability to my default agent, I get the following error in the Bamboo build log:

Fetching 'refs/heads/master' from 'ssh://git@localhost:7999/pc/catalog-project.git'.

'"c:\cygwin64\bin"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Also, the referenced article includes a step for adding the private key under Bamboo administration while adding a linked repository, but I could not find any way to do this in the tool.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I have spent a lot of time reading posts and trying out different solutions, but I'm blocked.

Krystian Brazulewicz

Few things here:

• submodules support in Bamboo is partial - submodules can only be checked out if you configure your system to allow authenticate without user intervention with remote system. Usually it means SSH keypair not protected with password.
• regarding problems with SSH connectivity - best way would be to contact Support and when issue is solved put the solution also in this thread.