### Author:  [@Muthukkumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muthukkumar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250/1 "2019-03-08T07:42:18Z")
Hi All,
I have read all the commands in Install Plugins in Discourse. But I didn’t get the result what I am looking for. I am having one issue while cloning the plugin form Azure repo. Could some one help me to fix that. Below is my app.yml file:
```plaintext
run:
- exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands"
- exec: cd /var/www/discourse && sudo -u discourse bundle install --deployment --without test --without development
- exec: mkdir /root/.ssh/
- exec: touch /root/.ssh/known_hosts
- exec: ssh-keyscan -t rsa azure.microsoft.com > /root/.ssh/known_hosts
- exec: echo "Host azure.microsoft.com\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n" >> /root/.ssh/config
#- exec: mkdir -p /root/.ssh
- file:
path: /root/.ssh/id_rsa
chmod: 600
contents: |
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: AES-128-CBC,19EA4589000FE19E7F44F2E86FDA3990
LVu2mQfE468ewQs4dbNN/VQ0ocVx
7bxXEvdz6VDgkanHKDsadfasgqw3tfy+1Mh4VtW7iHbOORE.. etc...
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
- file:
path: /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
chmod: 600
contents: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1ycadfasdfsalkfffjsggsadfdfsf My@abc-31.local
- exec: cd $home/plugins && git clone yec-addx@vs-ssh.visualsdio.com:url-for-private-plugin
- exec: cd $home && sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake db:migrate
- exec: cd $home && rm -fr tmp/cache
- exec: cd $home && sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake assets:precompile
- exec: rm /root/.ssh/id_rsa
- exec: rm /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
- exec: echo "End of custom commands"
Error After ./launcher rebuild app
FAILED
--------------------
Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse/plugins && git clone yec-addx@vs-ssh.visudio.com:url-for-private-plugin failed with return #
Location of failure: /pups/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:112:in `spawn'
exec failed with the params "cd $home/plugins && git clone yec-addx@vs-ssh.visudio.com:url-for-private-plugin"
```
Could some one me to fix this issue. Many thanks in advance…
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250/2 "2019-03-08T08:37:29Z")
If you go to the plugins directory and run:
`git clone yec-addx@vs-ssh.visudio.com:url-for-private-plugin`
what do you get?
Specifically `url-for-private-plugin` doesn’t look like a valid path?
See:
> **[Git - git-clone Documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#_git_urls_a_id_urls_a)**
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### Author:  [@Muthukkumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muthukkumar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250/3 "2019-03-08T11:07:24Z")
Hi Thanks for the response, that is my sample URL. I can able to clone the plugin in my VM, since I am having ssh public key in VM. But I am not able to clone the repo inside the container while run the app.yml.
If I clone it inside the plugin I am getting below details:
Cloning into ‘Community%20Plugins’…
The authenticity of host ‘[vs-ssh.visualstudio.com](http://vs-ssh.visualstudio.com) (40.81.25.218)’ can’t be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:ohD8VZEXGWo6Ez8GSEJQ9WpafgLFsOfLOtGGQCQo6Og.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added ‘[vs-ssh.visualstudio.com](http://vs-ssh.visualstudio.com),40.81.25.218’ (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
[yec-addx@vs-ssh.visualstudio.com](mailto:yec-addx@vs-ssh.visualstudio.com)’s password:
Even if I give correct password its not taking.
Could you please suggest to fix this issue.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250/4 "2019-03-08T12:06:39Z")
Got it. So this is a private repo? Instead of username/password is there any support for access tokens?
e.g. for Github:
> **[Managing your personal access tokens - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens)**
>
> You can use a personal access token in place of a password when authenticating to GitHub in the command line or with the API.
Then you can use that in your git clone command like:
```plaintext
git clone https://my-access-token-code@github.com/blah/blah
```
This avoids any prompt.
Not sure if that’s supported in your repository though.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250/5 "2019-03-08T12:52:16Z")
Are you saying that the ssh private key that you are using requires a password? They won’t work.
You’ll need an ssh key in the container they allows downloads without a password. The ssh keys must be in place before the container tries to download it.
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### Author:  [@Muthukkumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muthukkumar)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugin-from-private-git-repository/111250/6 "2019-03-11T04:53:45Z")
Hi @pfaffman yes its worked. when I passed the ssh keys in app.yml I was not able to clone the plugin. But inside the plugin folder I can able to clone it.
As per @pfaffman suggestion copied the ssh keys in volume: host/ guest: command. Then I can able to clone my private repo.
Thanks a lot for the supports.