Is SSH cloning available for free accounts?

Anvil Q&A
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I have not been able to set up SSH key based cloning on my free account.
Is that feature supported for free accounts? (My keys are saved
properly, yet ‘ssh -v’ shows they are not accepted.) No matter what, I
am prompted for a password.

Further, I found I could not clone at all from my first account, which I
configured to authenticate via my Google account. I tried creating a 2nd account
with a password, and I was able to clone from that account.

At this point, I can function. However, I don’t know if I missed some
doccumentation somewhere, or if I uncovered a bug.

Thanks! I’m enjoying discovering the capabilities of Anvil.
–Hal

2

Hi Hal and welcome to the forum!

Have you had a look at this guide for setting up an ssh key for cloning? Let us know if this doesn’t solve your issue.

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Thanks, Brooke – I’m glad to hear it should work. :slight_smile:

I’ve used your guide – it is quite similar to others. One thing it lacks is a testing section (e.g. GitHub’s).

In attempting to debug, I have run ssh with the -v option – I do see the connection established, and the proper key sent to your server. However, the key is not accepted, and the connection then asks for the account’s password.

Any ideas?

4

You may need to make sure the identity is added - if you’re on a mac you can do the following

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa # or whatever you've named you ssh key
Identity added: ...
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Yes, my keys are loaded into my agent, and as I said, used ssh -v to verify that the correct keys are being offered to anvil.works. I have also re-pasted my public keys into the dialog box.

What other details would you like delivered?