Jenkins pulling source code from GitHub private repo - github

Question

I'm trying to set Jenkins up for my project in my server.
I uploaded my build script in GitHub private repo. I've established a SSH key, and deployed it through GitHub.
But when I try to build, Jenkins fails to pull successfully from my private repo
here is the console output:
Started by user anonymous
Building in workspace /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/moai-test/workspace
Checkout:workspace / /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/moai-test/workspace - hudson.remoting.LocalChannel#15e6e48b
Using strategy: Default
Fetching changes from 1 remote Git repository
Fetching upstream changes from https://github.com/****/****.git
ERROR: Problem fetching from origin / origin - could be unavailable. Continuing anyway
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Error performing command: git fetch -t https://github.com/****/****.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.launchCommandIn(GitAPI.java:862)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.launchCommand(GitAPI.java:817)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.fetch(GitAPI.java:197)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.fetch(GitAPI.java:1063)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:812)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.access$100(GitSCM.java:90)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1096)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1064)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:842)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:824)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1064)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1256)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:589)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:88)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:494)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1502)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:236)
Caused by: java.lang.InterruptedException
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:485)
at java.lang.UNIXProcess.waitFor(UNIXProcess.java:115)
at hudson.Proc$LocalProc.join(Proc.java:319)
at hudson.Launcher$ProcStarter.join(Launcher.java:345)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitAPI.launchCommandIn(GitAPI.java:843)
... 18 more
ERROR: Could not fetch from any repository
FATAL: Could not fetch from any repository
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Could not fetch from any repository
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1103)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:1064)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:842)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:824)
at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1064)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1256)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:589)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:88)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:494)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1502)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:236)

Answer 1

Looking at your build log
Using strategy: Default
Fetching changes from 1 remote Git repository
Fetching upstream changes from https://github.com/****/****.git
ERROR: Problem fetching from origin / origin - could be unavailable. Continuing anyway
You are using the HTTPS URI for the github repo.
The HTTPS URI uses username/password to authenticate and not the SSH key.
To use the SSH key you need to checkout the SSH URI instead, e.g.
git#github.com:****/****.git
And that should fix your issue.
Alternatively you could give Jenkins the username/password (though that is a bigger security risk)