Jenkins: Failed to connect to repository

Question

I\'m trying to connect jenkins on a github repo.

When I specify the Repo URL jenkins return the following error message:

Failed to connect to

Answer 1

Let me add here that one very minor issue that could generate this type of error is the missing .git extension in the repository URL. Ensure you enter the fully qualified URL ending with .git. I use bitbucket so what I do do is do click 'clone' and the fully qualified URL is automatically generated for me. There is a similar approach with github.