Friday, May 27, 2022

[SOLVED] How do you find your GitLab host name (to test your SSH key)?

Issue

I just created a personal GitLab account and am trying to follow the steps on

rel="noreferrer">https://gitlab.com/help/ssh/README

to deploy my SSH key to GitLab. I've completed up to step 5, and see my SSH key among 'Your SSH keys' in my User Settings -> SSH keys:

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I'm trying to now complete the optional 6th step, testing the key:

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My GitLab username is khpeek, so I guessed my 'GitLab domain' is gitlab.com/khpeek. However, the test command

ssh -T [email protected]/khpeek

yields an error message:

ssh: Could not resolve hostname gitlab.com/khpeek: Name or service not known

Apparently this is the wrong hostname. What would be the right one?


Solution

If you're using Gitlab on gitlab.com then the domain is simply gitlab.com so you should run ssh -T [email protected]



Answered By - Jawad
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)