Permission denied could not read from remote repository

I am attempting to clone a git repo from inside an ubuntu 20 server, but after it permanently adds my ECSDA key, I get the following error:

: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

I do have access to it from my local machine, but how do I access that Github repo from this Ubuntu server?

I tried to clone it by running, sudo git clone :MyRepo/api-service.git

To to be clear this repository is up on Github and I am inside an ubuntu 20 server trying to clone it.

Is this not a matter of adding the keys from Github?

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2 Answers

Step 1. - From within your Ubuntu server run ssh-keygen -t rsa

Step 2. - From within your Ubuntu server run cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Step 3. - Copy and paste the resulting key and paste it into Github account, by going to Settings, then *SSH and GPG section and click the New SSH key button.

Step 4. - Go back to your Ubuntu server and run git clone :MyGithubRepo/service-api.git

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For what it's worth, you should always be able to clone via https.

e.g., git clone

https clone

If you want to clone via ssh, however, you do indeed need to add a key as described in Daniel's answer. This is due to a recent change in GitHub's ssh requirements, as mentioned by Nate T.

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