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git clone repository from Windows to AWS Code Commit error, Permission denied, fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

17 January 2022 Robert Amiscaray (0)

git clone repository from Windows to AWS Code Commit error, Permission denied, fatal: Could not read from remote repository.. 


Example Error Command:

$ git clone ssh://git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/my-code-repository

Error:

Cloning into 'my-code-repository'...
ramis@git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Solution Prerequisites:

  • SSH Key created for Windows and in ~/.ssh folder
  • SSH Public Key has been uploaded in AWS > IAM > User > Robert > Security Credentials > SSH keys for AWS CodeCommit

Solution:

You have to specify the SSH-KEYID from AWS IAM Account in the git clone

$ git clone ssh://{SSH-KEYID}@git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/{RepositoryName}

Example:

$ git clone ssh://BZRSTYKLXIY6X4RUOKYL@git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/my-code-repository