Npm install private repo with deploy key

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I’m trying to build a project which depends on another private repo on github (via npm using github:/<organization>/<project> as the )

When I npm install, it fails with ERROR: Repository not found. fatal: Could not read from remote repository. So I added a github deploy key to that repo, and added that key to my Circle project.

I’m using Circle 2.0, so that key is automatically added to the ssh-agent running on my container, but for some reason, the npm install is still failing. Any idea where I went wrong?

Also, it’s worth noting that the docs say to use a user key for this, but I don’t think that’s a good solution, since it requires me to manage those credentials.

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Github says that key has never been used, so I can only assume that for some reason the git client isn’t trying all the keys registered with ssh-agent. I would like to explicitly configure ssh to use that key for github, but I can’t since the key doesn’t appear to be written to the filesystem.

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Did you ever manage to figure out how to fix this? Same thing happens for me.

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No, in the end I used a user key to work around this issue.

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Thanks Robin. Pity, this does not really feel right. Should be working with ssh keys, IMHO. Using a technical user is just an ugly workaround.

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