We have a Docker image with Git client installed.
The task is to automatically clone a repository when running a container from this image.
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git clone – fatal: unable to fork
When running the git clone command in a container from this Docker image it fails with the “unable to fork” error:
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/ # git clone [email protected]:projectname/backend-services.git Cloning into 'backend-services'... fatal: unable to fork
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The cause is that git uses SSH for authentication here ([email protected]), but we have no ssh client installed in the image:
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/ # ssh sh: ssh: not found
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Install it:
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/ # apk update / # apk add openssh
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The authenticity of host ‘github.com’ can’t be established
Another issue when automating git clone – it’s asking to confirm the RSA key from the github.com host:
The authenticity of host ‘github.com (140.82.121.4)’ can’t be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
To solve this – need to add its public key to the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file.
Use ssh-keyscan for this:
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/ # ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts # github.com:22 SSH-2.0-babeld-1a846ed2 # github.com:22 SSH-2.0-babeld-1a846ed2 # github.com:22 SSH-2.0-babeld-1a846ed2
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And now clone the repository:
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/ # git clone [email protected]:projectname/backend-services.git ... remote: Total 5115 (delta 96), reused 169 (delta 56), pack-reused 4871 Receiving objects: 100% (5115/5115), 846.55 KiB | 3.00 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (2826/2826), done.
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Done.
