Ugh, I'm having massive problems with using git in Virtualmin. It is truly the last piece of the puzzle.
On the Repository Commands page, the one that is created after creating the repository, are these commands still needed to be done by me? I thought Virtualmin took care of this for me.
Repository Commands
In domain owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu
Local repository initialization
mkdir ~/public_html/git/owncloudrepo
cd ~/public_html/git/owncloudrepo
git init
Setting up access to this repository
cd ~/public_html/git/owncloudrepo git config remote.upload.url http://owncloud@owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu/git/owncloudrepo.git/ echo machine owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu login owncloud password $password >> ~/.netrc Initial repository creation
cd ~/public_html/git/owncloudrepo git --bare init echo hello > hello.txt git add hello.txt git commit -m 'initial checkin' git push upload master Checkout commands
cd ~/public_html/git/owncloudrepo git pull upload master Checkin commands
cd ~/public_html/git/owncloudrepo git add somefile.pl git commit git push upload master Checking out this repository anonymously
cd ~ git clone remote.upload.url http://owncloud/git/owncloudrepo.git/ ~/anontest
Secondly, I can't seem to clone the repository using either ssh or https
dhcp-129-105-244-183:~ rtn361$ git clone https://owncloud@owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu/git/owncloudrepo.git Cloning into 'owncloudrepo'... Password for 'https://owncloud@owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu': fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://owncloud@owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu/git/owncloudrepo.git/'
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Howdy,
Just a quick note that it looks like you're posting in the Forums, but marking it as private. I'm the only person who would ever see those, and i don't get notifications for Forum messages... so it's possible it could get overlooked.
As a Pro customer, you could always post in the Support Tracker if you're interested in a private thread, we do get notifications for those. Or, if you don't mark it as private, you'd have the whole community available to help out.
Now, regarding your issue --
You would indeed need to run those commands. What Virtualmin does is just make a repository available on the backend, and provides an interface for adding users to the repository.
It looks like you're seeing an authentication issue there with your git setup.
Do you see any related errors in $HOME/logs/error_log for the domain in question? And is the user you're trying to connect with added as a user with permission to view that repository?
-Eric
Actually, you mentioned it doesn't work via https or SSH -- can you share what error occurs when trying that via SSH?
-Eric
Hey Eric,
Thanks for the tips, both on posting to the forum and on using git with Virtualmin. Let me try those commands, then try using git one more time. I'll post my results back here.
So it looks like it's maybe an auth issue. After running the step: git push upload master
I found this in the error log:
user owncloud: authentication failure for "/git/owncloudrepo.git/info/refs": Password Mismatch
Maybe I'm not doing this command correctly: echo machine owncloud.apps.northwestern.edu login owncloud password $password >> ~/.netrc
Did I need to replace $password with the actual password of the owncloud account or is that done automatically?
So I tried another virtual host and the git upload and checkout worked just fine. I did change the password on the one that is problematic, but I'm wondering, how do I modify the password to reflect the new one in use on the account?
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Howdy,
I did change the password on the one that is problematic, but I'm wondering, how do I modify the password to reflect the new one in use on the account?Just to clarify sespit, are you accessing it via SSH, or via HTTPS?
-Eric