Git clone private repository in a Pipeline job ?

[Jérôme TAMARELLE]

To run a build of my application in Bitbucket Pipeline, I need to download its dependencies first.

I'm using composer do manager dependencies, but it would be the same with npm.

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "git@bitbucket.org:mycompany/myrepository.git"
		}
    ],
	"require": {
		"mycompany/myrepository": "dev-master",
	}
}

image: phpunit/phpunit:5.5.0

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        script:
          - composer install
          - phpunit

Bitbucket Pipeline don't have access to clone the private Git repository.

[RuntimeException]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  Failed to execute git clone --no-checkout 'git@bitbucket.org:mycompany/myrepository.git' '/opt/atlassian/pipelines/agent/build/vendor/mycompany/myrepository' && cd '/opt/atlassian/pipelines/agent/build/vendor/mycompany/myrepository' && git remote add composer 'git@bitbucket.org:mycompany/myrepository.git' && git fetch composer  
  Cloning into '/opt/atlassian/pipelines/agent/build/vendor/mycompany/myrepository'...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
  error: cannot run ssh: No such file or directory                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  fatal: unable to fork

[Steven Vaccarella]

Hi Jérôme,

It's hard to tell from the error message exactly what the issue is, but in order to clone other private repositories you'll need to make sure the necessary tools are installed in the docker image that you're using (git, ssh) and you'll need to configure ssh. Here are some guides for configuring ssh:

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39429257

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39243415

cheers,
Steven

[shahafan]

just faced this issue so if anyone is having that issue the simple solution is to install ssh client on the pipeline image

script:
  - apk add openssh-client