Cloning git repo causes error - Host key verification failed. fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Question

I am using SSH to clone a git repo to my web server, but every time I get this error

$git clone git@github.com:aleccunningham/marjoram.git
Cloning into marjo         


        

Answer 1

The issue could be that Github isn't present in your ~/.ssh/known_hosts file.

Append GitHub to the list of authorized hosts:

ssh-keyscan -H github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts