Fetch a private github repo with Yocto recipe

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#1

I can successfully fetch and push from my private git repo using my generated ssh keys, but when I point my Yocto recipe to the same repo, I get an authentication error, as if it is not able to find the ssh keys during the Yocto build.

Any suggestions?

#2

We have newer try to use Yocto with password protected repositories. I’d recommend to use a https://www.yoctoproject.org/community/ for help.

#3

Actually, I managed to figure it out. I specified the SRC_URI in my recipe as follows:

git://git@blah.github.com/GitHubAccountName/repo-name.git

Then, in my .ssh/config file on my build machine, I specified which keys to use for a given Host, like this:

Host blah.github.com
Hostname github.com
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_myprivatekeyfile

The key appears to be that the blah.github.com value in the SRC_URI must match a valid Host value in the .ssh/config file.

These two links gave me the clues I needed:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3225862/multiple-github-accounts-ssh-config

https://goinpaths.gitlab.io/post/yocto-tips/

#4

Thanks for sharing a solution.

#5

SRC_URI must include protocol=ssh. Here is how to clone repo from private GitLab when ssh is already configured on the machine:

SRC_URI += "git://git@private-gitlab.com:/root/project.git;protocol=ssh;branch=main"