jenkins/hudson can't connect to github repo

Question

I am on Ec2 with the base amazon ami linux- I have installed jenkins but when I go to pull the repo from github I am given the following error:

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Answer 1

You need to add the ssh key of jenkins to you github user.

Generate ssh key

Go to:

Github->Settings(Top right)->SSH Keys(Left Pane)->Add SSH Key