Checkout Jenkins Pipeline Git SCM with credentials?

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I was following this tutorial:

node {
  git url: 'https://github.com/joe_user/simple-maven-project-with-tests.git'
  ...
}

However it doesn't tell how to add credentials. Jenkins does have specific "Credentials" section where you define user user&pass, and then get ID for that to use in jobs, but how do I use that in Pipeline instructions?

I tried with:

git([url: '[email protected]:company/repo.git', branch: 'master', credentialsId: '12345-1234-4696-af25-123455'])

no luck:

stderr: Host key verification failed.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Is there a way configure the creds in pipeline, or do I have to put SSH-keys to Jenkin's Linux user's .ssh/authorized_keys file?

In ideal world I'd like to have a repository for pipeline jobs and repo-keys, then launch Docker Jenkins, and dynamically add these jobs and keys there without having to configure anything in Jenkins Console.

Answer

Serban Constantin picture Serban Constantin · Jul 19, 2016

You can use the following in a pipeline:

git branch: 'master',
    credentialsId: '12345-1234-4696-af25-123455',
    url: 'ssh://[email protected]:company/repo.git'

If you're using the ssh url then your credentials must be username + private key. If you're using the https clone url instead of the ssh one, then your credentials should be username + password.

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