GitLab requires git@localhost password to push to a repo

Question

I\'m trying to get GitLab up and running on my server. I followed the installation instructions at the gitlab github page and everything went well.

The issue is, whe

Answer 1

Make sure your gitlab profile has your public ssh key. Sign into gitlab, go to your profile and select the button "Add Public Key". Copy and paste you "keyfile".pub contents in the in the Key box. There were some versions of gitlab that had a bug that when you did add your public key, it did not update the authorized_keys file. Verify (but do not manually add) that your public key is in the authorized_keys file after you add it to your profile. If this is not the issue, then perhaps one of the earlier answers will help.