Ah, it looks like your repository URL is invalid.... it's trying to
interpret your username as the port number. Note that the public git
clone URL's don't have a username, and the private ones are git@ and not
git://. Make sure you've got the right one.

- Jamis

On 2/17/09 10:45 PM, Vinay Seshadri wrote:
> Jamis,
> 
> I tried what you said. Here's the output
> ***********************
> git clone git://github.com
> <http://github.com>:<git_username>/ahref.in.git test_git_clone
> Initialized empty Git repository in
> /home/<server_username>/test_git_clone/.git/
> fatal: Unable to look up github.com <http://github.com> (port
> <git_username>) (Servname not supported for ai_socktype)
> ***********************
> Yeah the problem definitely lies with server & github communication. Any
> tips?
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jamis Buck <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     In that case, log into your remote server, and try and do a "git clone"
>     manually. If it doesn't work, then you'll need to google and tweak until
>     it does. If it *does* work, but still doesn't work via capistrano, then
>     there is an environmental difference between what you get when you log
>     in via ssh, and what capistrano gets...but let's see what happens when
>     you do "git clone", first.
> 
>     - Jamis
> 
>     On 2/17/09 10:23 PM, Vinay Seshadri wrote:
>     > Jamis,
>     >
>     >>Make sure that, if you are logged into the remote server via ssh, you
>     > can then ssh from there to the repository server.
>     >
>     > How can I do that?
>     > My repo is in Github and Ive got a key up there that lets me connect
>     > from my local machine to the repo and push/pull.
>     > I went through some server config documentation again and disabled
>     > PublicKeyAuthentication altogether in the config file itself.
>     > Im kind of swimming in a sea of new knowledge and im not sure
>     whats what
>     > yet and its confusing everything up.
>     > Could you give me a few directions I can try going into?
>     > Im on Slicehost by the way.
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Jamis Buck <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >     It sounds like your git command on the remote host isn't able to
>     >     authenticate with the repository server. Make sure that, if
>     you are
>     >     logged into the remote server via ssh, you can then ssh from
>     there to
>     >     the repository server.
>     >
>     >     - Jamis
>     >
>     >     On 2/16/09 12:11 AM, Ram wrote:
>     >     > Andrew,
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks for that! That really helped me make some progress.
>     Im still
>     >     > stuck though, and Im not able to figure out why.
>     >     > After setting up the permissions like you suggested, I ran cap
>     >     > deploy:setup, it worked fine and cap deploy:check which
>     asked me for
>     >     > my server pwd once and declared that I seem to have my
>     dependencies in
>     >     > place.
>     >     > But when I run cap deploy, this is the sequence of events
>     >     > ***************************************
>     >     > DEBUG -- net.ssh.authentication.methods.publickey[]: trying
>     publickey
>     >     > (<rsa_signature>)
>     >     > ...
>     >     > DEBUG -- net.ssh.authentication.session[]: allowed methods:
>     >     > publickey,password
>     >     > ERROR -- net.ssh.authentication.session[]: all authorization
>     methods
>     >     > failed (tried publickey)
>     >     > Then asks for my server pwd
>     >     > ...
>     >     > DEBUG -- net.ssh.transport.session[]: connection established
>     >     > ...
>     >     > DEBUG -- net.ssh.transport.algorithms[]: exchanging keys
>     >     > ...
>     >     > ... beginning authentication of '<user in set_user line>'
>     >     > ...
>     >     > ...trying password
>     >     > ...password succeeded
>     >     > ...
>     >     > [ahref.in <http://ahref.in> <http://ahref.in>] executing command
>     >     > ...
>     >     > [ahref.in <http://ahref.in> <http://ahref.in> :: out]
>     Initialized empty Git
>     >     repository in <deploy_to_path>/
>     >     > shared/cached-copy/.git/
>     >     > ...
>     >     > INFO -- net.ssh.connection.session[]: channel_data: 0 33b
>     >     > [ahref.in <http://ahref.in> <http://ahref.in> :: out]
>     Permission denied (publickey).
>     >     > ...
>     >     > [ahref.in <http://ahref.in> <http://ahref.in> :: out] fatal:
>     The remote end hung up
>     >     unexpectedly
>     >     > ...
>     >     > command finished
>     >     > *** [deploy:update_code] rolling back
>     >     > ***************************************
>     >     > I have removed the public key in the server and the matching
>     key my
>     >     > local machine so that it defaults to password authentication
>     everytime
>     >     > I connect to it (I would prefer reverting back to keys
>     though, just
>     >     > not using them now to figure out what I need for successful Cap
>     >     > deployment).
>     >     > And yet, it seems to try to authenticate using public key
>     and fails,
>     >     > fatally.
>     >     > Can you read more into this debug trace than I can? really
>     appreciate
>     >     > the guidance so far. Just hoping you can see me through! :)
>     >     >
>     >     > @Jamis, thanks for putting that in perspective. Guess thats
>     something
>     >     > I have to keep in mind for such similar requirements in the
>     future, IF
>     >     > I can get this to work of course! :)
>     >     >
>     >     > On 14 Feb, 01:52, Andrew Fiedler <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >     >> Ram,
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Yeah, the problem is that
>     /home/<username>/public_html/ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     >     <http://ahref.in> is
>     >     >> probably not writable by the user you have on the set user
>     line in
>     >     >> deploy.rb. When you do a "sudo mkdir /home/..." you are
>     switching to
>     >     >> root so there are no permissions errors. I'd change the
>     ownership of
>     >     >> everything in /home/<username>/public_html to the username
>     that you
>     >     >> are deploying as (on the set user line). You can do this by
>     running
>     >     >> "sudo chown <user on set user line>:<user on set user line>
>     >     >> public_html/ -R" in your home directory. Note that the user
>     name is
>     >     >> specified twice with a colon in between. The second one is
>     actually
>     >     >> the user's group, but on ubuntu users are in their own
>     groups. That
>     >     >> should make cap deploy work without errors.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> -Andrew
>     >     >>
>     >     >> On 13 Feb, 10:00, Jamis Buck <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >     >>
>     >     >>> :use_sudo does not cause all commands to use sudo, only
>     commands
>     >     like
>     >     >>> deploy:setup and deploy:restart. The primary deploy methods
>     >     (which copy
>     >     >>> the code to the server and update the symlink, etc.) are never
>     >     run as sudo.
>     >     >>> I've mentioned this before on the list, but deploy:setup
>     is kind of
>     >     >>> broken: if you use sudo for deploy:setup, then you need to
>     >     manually fix
>     >     >>> the permissions so the directories are writable. If you don't
>     >     use sudo,
>     >     >>> you need to fix the permissions on the parent directory first,
>     >     or the
>     >     >>> setup fails. It's a catch 22, and I don't know of a good,
>     >     flexible way
>     >     >>> to make it work.
>     >     >>> - Jamis
>     >     >>> On 2/13/09 4:35 AM, Ram wrote:
>     >     >>>> Andrew,
>     >     >>>> Thanks for you reply. I followed your instructions.
>     >     >>>> The ** [out :: delugeventures.com
>     <http://delugeventures.com> <http://delugeventures.com>]
>     >     <the_user_you_are_logged_in_as from
>     >     >>>> whoami> part shows the user on the set_user line correctly.
>     >     >>>> I then ssh connected to my server and did "mkdir
>     >     >>>> <folder_that_cap_is_trying_to_create>" and permissions
>     failed.
>     >     >>>> I did "sudo mkdir <folder_that_cap_is_trying_to_create>" and
>     >     entered
>     >     >>>> my passwrd and the folder got created.
>     >     >>>> Now how do I effect this in my deploy.rb? This is my
>     deploy.rb now.
>     >     >>>> ******************************************
>     >     >>>> set :application, "ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>"
>     >     >>>> set :user, "<server_username>"
>     >     >>>> set :repository,  "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>:<gitusername>/ahref.in.git"
>     >     >>>> set :branch, "master"
>     >     >>>> set :port, <port_number>
>     >     >>>> default_run_options[:pty] = true
>     >     >>>> set :scm_verbose, true
>     >     >>>> ssh_options[:username] = user
>     >     >>>> ssh_options[:verbose] = :debug
>     >     >>>> set :use_sudo, true
>     >     >>>> set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/public_html/#{application}"
>     >     >>>> set :scm, :git
>     >     >>>> set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
>     >     >>>> set :runner, user
>     >     >>>> role :app, application
>     >     >>>> role :web, application
>     >     >>>> role :db,  application, :primary => true
>     >     >>>> task :before_update_code, :roles => :app do
>     >     >>>>     run "whoami"
>     >     >>>> end
>     >     >>>> ******************************************
>     >     >>>> I assumed "set :use_sudo, true" will use sudo on all commands
>     >     on the
>     >     >>>> server and ask me for the server password. But it still
>     fails.
>     >     >>>> FYI
>     >     >>>> **************
>     >     >>>> cap deploy o/p
>     >     >>>> ** [ahref.in <http://ahref.in> <http://ahref.in> :: out]
>     fatal: could not create
>     >     work tree dir '/home/
>     >     >>>> <username>/public_html/ahref.in/shared/cached-copy
>     <http://ahref.in/shared/cached-copy>
>     >     <http://ahref.in/shared/cached-copy>'.
>     >     >>>> **************
>     >     >>>> cap deploy:check o/p
>     >     >>>> The following dependencies failed. Please check them and
>     try again:
>     >     >>>> --> You do not have permissions to write to
>     `/home/<username>/
>     >     >>>> public_html/ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>'. (<server_name>)
>     >     >>>> --> You do not have permissions to write to
>     `/home/<username>/
>     >     >>>> public_html/ahref.in/releases <http://ahref.in/releases>
>     <http://ahref.in/releases>'.
>     >     (<server_name>)
>     >     >>>> --> `/home/<username>/public_html/ahref.in/shared
>     <http://ahref.in/shared>
>     >     <http://ahref.in/shared>' is not writable
>     >     >>>> (<server_name>)
>     >     >>>> **************
>     >     >>>> On 12 Feb, 20:35, Andrew Fiedler <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >     >>>>> Ram,
>     >     >>>>> Are you trying to set up SSH with public/private keys so
>     you don't
>     >     >>>>> need to type a password? I'm not really sure how to get that
>     >     working
>     >     >>>>> but I have capistrano working fine with basic password
>     >     authentication.
>     >     >>>>> To help you debug, try adding to your deploy.rb in the
>     >     >>>>> "namespace :deploy do" section this:
>     >     >>>>> task :before_update_code, :roles => :app do
>     >     >>>>>     run "whoami"
>     >     >>>>> end
>     >     >>>>> When you run cap deploy, you should get something like:
>     >     >>>>> * executing "whoami"
>     >     >>>>>     servers: ["yourserver.com <http://yourserver.com>
>     <http://yourserver.com>"]
>     >     >>>>> Password: <you type password here>
>     >     >>>>>     [yourserver.com <http://yourserver.com>
>     <http://yourserver.com>] executing command
>     >     >>>>>  ** [out :: delugeventures.com
>     <http://delugeventures.com> <http://delugeventures.com>]
>     >     <the_user_you_are_logged_in_as from
>     >     >>>>> whoami>
>     >     >>>>> which should be the user on your "set :user" line. Then I'd
>     >     manually
>     >     >>>>> ssh to your server as that user and try to create the
>     directories
>     >     >>>>> manually that are failing on your mkdir lines below to
>     debug the
>     >     >>>>> permissions issues.
>     >     >>>>> Hope that helps,
>     >     >>>>> Andrew
>     >     >>>>> On Feb 12, 5:27 am, Ram <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >     >>>>>> OK, ive been making progress with diagnosing this.
>     Posting my
>     >     updates.
>     >     >>>>>> Hope someone knows the fix.
>     >     >>>>>> First off, im using 2 DIFFERENT ssh public keys for my
>     Slicehost
>     >     >>>>>> server and for the github server.
>     >     >>>>>> And on the Slicehost server, although it does not ask
>     for my
>     >     password
>     >     >>>>>> when I ssh connect, it DOES require my password for
>     creating
>     >     >>>>>> directories/files.
>     >     >>>>>> My deploy.rb looks like this right now.
>     >     >>>>>> set :application, "ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>"
>     >     >>>>>> set :user,
>     "<slicehost_server_username_with_write_permissions>"
>     >     >>>>>> set :repository,  "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>:<gitusername>/ahref.in.git"
>     >     >>>>>> set :branch, "master"
>     >     >>>>>> set :port, <port_number>
>     >     >>>>>> default_run_options[:pty] = true
>     >     >>>>>> set :scm_verbose, true
>     >     >>>>>> ssh_options[:username] = user
>     >     >>>>>> ssh_options[:verbose] = :debug
>     >     >>>>>> #set :run_method, :run
>     >     >>>>>> #set :ssh_options, { :forward_agent => true }
>     >     >>>>>> set :use_sudo, false
>     >     >>>>>> set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/public_html/#{application}"
>     >     >>>>>> set :scm, :git
>     >     >>>>>> set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
>     >     >>>>>> #The user that starts the Mongrel(?) instances
>     >     >>>>>> set :runner, user
>     >     >>>>>> role :app, application
>     >     >>>>>> role :web, application
>     >     >>>>>> role :db,  application, :primary => true
>     >     >>>>>> This thread too discusses this
>     >     problemhttp://ahref.in/33870andI <http://ahref.in/33870andI>
>     <http://ahref.in/33870andI>
>     >     >>>>>> realised I had set :use_sudo true when I did cap
>     >     deploy:setup. I thus
>     >     >>>>>> deleted the files/dirs created by Cap on the server, set
>     >     :use_sudo
>     >     >>>>>> false and ran cap deploy:setup again but I still get
>     >     permission denied
>     >     >>>>>> errors.
>     >     >>>>>>  ** [out :: ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>] mkdir: cannot create
>     >     directory `/home/<user>/
>     >     >>>>>> public_html/ahref.in/releases
>     <http://ahref.in/releases> <http://ahref.in/releases>':
>     >     Permission denied
>     >     >>>>>>  ** [out :: ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>] mkdir: cannot create
>     >     directory `/home/<user>/
>     >     >>>>>> public_html/ahref.in/shared <http://ahref.in/shared>
>     <http://ahref.in/shared>':
>     >     Permission denied
>     >     >>>>>>  ** [out :: ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>] mkdir: cannot create
>     >     directory `/home/<user>/
>     >     >>>>>> public_html/ahref.in/shared <http://ahref.in/shared>
>     <http://ahref.in/shared>':
>     >     Permission denied
>     >     >>>>>>  ** [out :: ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>] mkdir: cannot create
>     >     directory `/home/<user>/
>     >     >>>>>> public_html/ahref.in/shared <http://ahref.in/shared>
>     <http://ahref.in/shared>':
>     >     Permission denied
>     >     >>>>>>  ** [out :: ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>] mkdir: cannot create
>     >     directory `/home/<user>/
>     >     >>>>>> public_html/ahref.in/shared <http://ahref.in/shared>
>     <http://ahref.in/shared>':
>     >     Permission denied
>     >     >>>>>> Now if I set use_sudo to true for deploy:setup, the setup
>     >     goes fine
>     >     >>>>>> but cap deploy does not work. Permission denied errors.
>     The final
>     >     >>>>>> dependency o/p for cap deploy:check is this
>     >     >>>>>> The following dependencies failed. Please check them
>     and try
>     >     again:
>     >     >>>>>> --> You do not have permissions to write to
>     >     `/home/<user>/public_html/
>     >     >>>>>> ahref.in <http://ahref.in> <http://ahref.in>'.
>     (<server_name>)
>     >     >>>>>> --> You do not have permissions to write to
>     >     `/home/<user>/public_html/
>     >     >>>>>> ahref.in/releases <http://ahref.in/releases>
>     <http://ahref.in/releases>'. (<server_name>)
>     >     >>>>>> --> `/home/<user>/public_html/ahref.in/shared
>     <http://ahref.in/shared>
>     >     <http://ahref.in/shared>' is not writable
>     >     >>>>>> (<server_name>)
>     >     >>>>>> In the SSH Debug o/p, I can see that Cap is using the
>     public
>     >     key for
>     >     >>>>>> authentication and the authentication goes through but
>     mkdir
>     >     seems to
>     >     >>>>>> fail. Like I mentioned at first, the slicehost server still
>     >     requirs me
>     >     >>>>>> to provide the pwd to create dirs/files and I think thats
>     >     where this
>     >     >>>>>> is failing. Thats my best guess at this problem. Although I
>     >     dont have
>     >     >>>>>> a solution.
>     >     >>>>>> I even tried SSH Agents and set :ssh_options, {
>     :forward_agent =>
>     >     >>>>>> true } according to this
>     >     posthttp://ahref.in/1f632butthatdintwork
>     <http://ahref.in/1f632butthatdintwork>
>     >     <http://ahref.in/1f632butthatdintwork>
>     >     >>>>>> either.
>     >     >>>>>> This too is a thread that discusses almost the same
>     >     problemhttp://ahref.in/3b4af <http://ahref.in/3b4af>
>     <http://ahref.in/3b4af>.
>     >     >>>>>> The Original poster talks about how Cap seems to try to
>     >     connect to the
>     >     >>>>>> server using the first HostName specified in the
>     >     ~/.ssh/config file.
>     >     >>>>>> Thats something to note I guess. But I even gave that a
>     wild
>     >     shot and
>     >     >>>>>> that dint work.
>     >     >>>>>> How can I make Cap ssh to my server using the username
>     i provide
>     >     >>>>>> instead of the public key? ssh_options[:username] = user
>     >     doesnt seem
>     >     >>>>>> to work.
>     >     >>>>>> Is there at least a quick fix for this problem right
>     now that
>     >     any of
>     >     >>>>>> you can suggest?
>     >     >>>>>> Thanks a bunch for reading this through even if you
>     cant help! :)
>     >     >>>>>> Cheers!
>     >     >>>>>> On Feb 12, 11:17 am, Ram <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >     >>>>>>> @ MAthias Meyer,
>     >     >>>>>>> Oh and yes, I DID do deploy:setup first and I can see the
>     >     shared and
>     >     >>>>>>> releases directories on my server
>     >     >>>>>>> On Feb 12, 11:11 am, Ram <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>     >     <mailto:[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >     >>>>>>>> @Mathias Meyer,
>     >     >>>>>>>> Regarding the other question, I realised i had not
>     >     installed Git on
>     >     >>>>>>>> the server and I did that. This post shows the error
>     I got
>     >     AFTER
>     >     >>>>>>>> installing Git on the server.
>     >     >>>>>>>> About write permissions, well im really not sure how the
>     >     deploy.rb
>     >     >>>>>>>> works but her it is if it helps,
>     >     >>>>>>>> set :application, "ahref.in <http://ahref.in>
>     <http://ahref.in>"
>     >     >>>>>>>> set :user, "<username>" #this is the username for my
>     >     slicehost server
>     >     >>>>>>>> that has write permissions on the server
>     >     >>>>>>>> set :repository,
>      "[email protected]:vinaysesh/ahref.in.git"
>     >     >>>>>>>> set :port, 4001
>     >     >>>>>>>> default_run_options[:pty] = true
>     >     >>>>>>>> #set :use_sudo, true # Not sure what this should be
>     set to.
>     >     TRUE and
>     >     >>>>>>>> FALSE dont work anyway. I get the same error.
>     >     >>>>>>>> set :deploy_to,
>     "/home/<username>/public_html/#{application}"
>     >     >>>>>>>> # If you
>     >     >> ...
>     >     >>
>     >     >> read more ยป
>     >     > >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > In Sport We Trust !!!
>     >
>     > >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> In Sport We Trust !!!
> 
> > 


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