Unable to ssh into machine executor environment

Hi everyone,

currently testing API endpoints, which works well when executed locally on the machine. but each time i run same test in circleci machine executor environment, it fails everytime. i am trying to debug the issue by establishing ssh connection to the machine executor on circleci.
However am unable to access the machine because i keep getting the “Permission denied (publickey)” error. I have carefully followed the suggested solutions in this thread “Can't SSH into Build Machine” but the error persists…

I am using Bitbucket, and i am able to connect the the VCS with the same key. I have also followed the processes in the docs " Debugging with SSH - CircleCI" still engaging with the same error.
I would really appreciate the help, if someone has encounted and solved the issue.

Thanks in advance

here is the Debug output below;

 ssh -i "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" -vvvv -p 54782 3.88.187.69
OpenSSH_9.0p1, OpenSSL 1.1.1q  5 Jul 2022
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 3.88.187.69 is address
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts'
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts2'
debug3: ssh_connect_direct: entering
debug1: Connecting to 3.88.187.69 [3.88.187.69] port 54782.
debug3: set_sock_tos: set socket 4 IP_TOS 0x48
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/id_rsa.pub type 0
debug1: identity file /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/id_rsa.pub-cert type -1
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.0
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version Go
debug1: compat_banner: no match: Go
debug2: fd 4 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Authenticating to 3.88.187.69:54782 as 'joshua.igoni'
debug3: put_host_port: [3.88.187.69]:54782
debug3: record_hostkey: found key type ED25519 in file /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts:45
debug3: load_hostkeys_file: loaded 1 keys from [3.88.187.69]:54782
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug3: order_hostkeyalgs: have matching best-preference key type ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com, using HostkeyAlgorithms verbatim
debug3: send packet: type 20
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug3: receive packet: type 20
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: local client KEXINIT proposal
debug2: KEX algorithms: sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com,curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,ext-info-c
debug2: host key algorithms: ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256
debug2: ciphers ctos: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com
debug2: ciphers stoc: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com
debug2: MACs ctos: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: MACs stoc: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
debug2: compression ctos: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: compression stoc: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: languages ctos:
debug2: languages stoc:
debug2: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: reserved 0
debug2: peer server KEXINIT proposal
debug2: KEX algorithms: curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
debug2: host key algorithms: ssh-ed25519,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa
debug2: ciphers ctos: aes128-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: ciphers stoc: aes128-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
debug2: MACs ctos: hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96
debug2: MACs stoc: hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96
debug2: compression ctos: none
debug2: compression stoc: none
debug2: languages ctos:
debug2: languages stoc:
debug2: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: reserved 0
debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ssh-ed25519
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug3: send packet: type 30
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug3: receive packet: type 31
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY received
debug1: Server host key: ssh-ed25519 SHA256:KaV0sOfw1AFrb2PFF6tRLGt4QCN8ddz0g8hTMV6aUew
debug3: put_host_port: [3.88.187.69]:54782
debug3: put_host_port: [3.88.187.69]:54782
debug3: record_hostkey: found key type ED25519 in file /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts:45
debug3: load_hostkeys_file: loaded 1 keys from [3.88.187.69]:54782
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: Host '[3.88.187.69]:54782' is known and matches the ED25519 host key.
debug1: Found key in /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/known_hosts:45
debug3: send packet: type 21
debug2: ssh_set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: rekey out after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug3: receive packet: type 21
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug2: ssh_set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: rekey in after 134217728 blocks
debug1: Will attempt key: /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/id_rsa.pub RSA SHA256:py1+MjIVtS5MVMmmBGScnOFj2XSN0rW96xMRY+IuF3I explicit
debug2: pubkey_prepare: done
debug3: send packet: type 5
debug3: receive packet: type 6
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey
debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering public key: /c/Users/joshua.igoni/.ssh/id_rsa.pub RSA SHA256:py1+MjIVtS5MVMmmBGScnOFj2XSN0rW96xMRY+IuF3I explicit
debug1: send_pubkey_test: no mutual signature algorithm
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
joshua.igoni@3.88.187.69: Permission denied (publickey).

An update, I have successfully gained access into the machine environment.

I followed the steps outlined in the link Adding an SSH Key to CircleCI - CircleCI
I created a new key added it to the project, also added that key to my VCS.
Then i was able to get access.

leaving this here incase anyone might need it.

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