Adding a new SSH Key fails

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Hi everyone,

I am having an issue which might be similar to this.

I have some python code that I want to send to a server via SSH. The test are passing, and I obviously need to add the SSH key to CircleCI. The problem is that when I paste my private key, and hit “Add SSH Key”, the button just goes to “Saving…” for a couple of seconds, then reads “Failed”.

I am almost sure I am doing everything right, I am copying the key from -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- to -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----, and I generate it using ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "myemail@example.com". Is it supported? Should I change the way I generate it or is it just a temporary bug?

Thank you for your help,

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If you are using RSA keys it should totally work. Can you check the browser console to see if there is any additional logging or errors?

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Problem solved. I got a 400 error with the following body:

{
    "message": "it looks like this key is encrypted: we don't support password-protected keys"
}

So I decrypted the key and now it works… My bad, I should have tried harder, thanks a lot for your help!

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My pleasure! Glad you were able to figure this out.

Sadly, no great way to support encrypted keys right now. :frowning:

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I’m getting a bad request error:

https://circleci.com/api/v1.1/project/github/MyCare/mycare/ssh-key Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 400 (Bad Request)

Is there something wrong with my request or do you guys have a bug on your side? I’m adding a rsa key

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I get the same 400 error message with the following response body

{“message”:“the hostname isn’t valid. Try checking this Wikipedia article for hostname restrictions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname#Restrictions_on_valid_host_names”}

The problem is that the key is generated with a valid email address that has got a valid hostname so what can I do?

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how did you decrpyt it?

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any fix on this, im having the same 404

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Try to change the hostname. No underscores or any other special characters.

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I’m having the same 400 error. Tried changing the hostname, still not working.

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