Using Keys with JGit to Access a Git Repository Securely

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I'm using JGit to access a remote Git repo, and I need to use SSH for it. JGit uses JSch to provide secure access. However, I'm not sure how to set the key file and the knows hosts file for JGit. What I have tried is as follows. Created a custom configuration of the SshSessionFactory, using by subclassing JSchConfigSessionFactory: ``` public class CustomJschConfigSessionFactory extends JschConfigSessionFactory { @Override protected void configure(OpenSshConfig.Host host, Session session) { session.setConfig("StrictHostKeyChecking", "yes"); } } ``` In the class which I access the remote Git repo, did the following: ``` CustomJschConfigSessionFactory jschConfigSessionFactory = new CustomJschConfigSessionFactory(); JSch jsch = new JSch(); try { jsch.addIdentity(".ssh/id_rsa"); jsch.setKnownHosts(".ssh/known_hosts"); } catch (JSchException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } SshSessionFactory.setInstance(jschConfigSessionFactory); ``` I can't figure out how to associate this JSch object with JGit…

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Managed to find the issue. The public key in the server side had a different name other than the usual id_rsa.pub, while the private key on my side was id_rsa. JSch expects by default the public key to have the same name as the private key plus the .pub suffix. Using a key pair with a common name (ex.: private = key_1 and public = key_1.pub) solves the issue.

Using Keys with JGit to Access a Git Repository Securely

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