Deploy to custom server hangs due to inability to SSH in

Deployments
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HI everyone,

I was trying to quickly set up a deploy to a custom server, added the user’s private SSH key to the build, but the user still can’t SSH into the prod machine. Any changes there that happened lately that I might be missing?

Thanks,
ed

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What is the exact error you are getting?

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Build is timing out, as password is required for ssh in. This is basically it.

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If you SSH into the build, and then run the deploy command manually, does it work? Also, did you push a new commit after setting the private SSH key?

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Yes, I did push, the deploy hangs due to the inability of the circle user to SSH into the production machine. If I ssh into the machine and run the deploy script manually, same thing happens.

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I also see this in the Start container section

Installing ssh keys
Identity added: /home/ubuntu/.ssh/id_e6096fc25d178b7a0ce6860f965e7ff2 (/home/ubuntu/.ssh/id_e6096fc25d178b7a0ce6860f965e7ff2)
fatal: No such section!
fatal: No such section!

Not sure if this means anything, I’m guessing fatal is usually not good.

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The fatal error message can safely be ignored - it’s just noise, we have an open ticket to get it suppressed.

For SSH deploy issues, just to clarify that you’ve added the correct keys under Project settings > SSH permissions

The best way to debug the SSH issue is to SSH into the machine and make sure the relevant private key has been added to the authorized_keys file. Then run the deploy command manually with verbose output to see what the issue is.