Setup SSH between Jenkins and Github

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In this blog, we will explore how to Setup SSH between Jenkins and Github for achieving the passwordless connection . Using this approach, you do not need to provide your credentials to configure the git repo in your Jenkins job

Agenda:

1. Setup a user jenkins on your Jenkins server
2. Generate the SSH keys
3. Copy the the public key in Github
4. Configure in Jenkins Credentials
5. Configure a sample job in Jenkins using SSH connection

Prerequisite:

1. Jenkins should be installed
2. Github account

Setup jenkins user on jenkins server

• Generate the ssh keys
• Ensure the ssh-agent is running

sudo -su jenkins
ssh-keygen
eval $(ssh-agent -s)
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa