ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/config_server_deploy_key.rsa~/.git directory is, use git co
+
+JGit requires RSA keys in PEM format. Below is an example ssh-keygen (from openssh) command that will generate a key in the corect format:
+
+
+
+ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/config_server_deploy_key.rsa
+
+
+
+Warning: When working with SSH keys, the expected ssh private-key must begin with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----------BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+
+
+
+- Error in object 'spring.cloud.config.server.git': codes [PrivateKeyIsValid.spring.cloud.config.server.git,PrivateKeyIsValid]; arguments [org.springframework.context.support.DefaultMessageSourceResolvable: codes [spring.cloud.config.server.git.,]; arguments []; default message []]; default message [Property 'spring.cloud.config.server.git.privateKey' is not a valid private key]
+
+
+
+To correct the above error the RSA key must be converted to PEM format. An example using openssh is provided above for generating a new key in the appropriate format.
+
Authentication with AWS CodeCommit
diff --git a/reference/html/spring-cloud-config.html b/reference/html/spring-cloud-config.html
index f579437e..51868413 100644
--- a/reference/html/spring-cloud-config.html
+++ b/reference/html/spring-cloud-config.html
@@ -777,6 +777,25 @@ If you do not know where your ~/.git directory is, use git co
+
+JGit requires RSA keys in PEM format. Below is an example ssh-keygen (from openssh) command that will generate a key in the corect format:
+
+
+
+ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -b 4096 -f ~/config_server_deploy_key.rsa
+
+
+
+Warning: When working with SSH keys, the expected ssh private-key must begin with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----------BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+
+
+
+- Error in object 'spring.cloud.config.server.git': codes [PrivateKeyIsValid.spring.cloud.config.server.git,PrivateKeyIsValid]; arguments [org.springframework.context.support.DefaultMessageSourceResolvable: codes [spring.cloud.config.server.git.,]; arguments []; default message []]; default message [Property 'spring.cloud.config.server.git.privateKey' is not a valid private key]
+
+
+
+To correct the above error the RSA key must be converted to PEM format. An example using openssh is provided above for generating a new key in the appropriate format.
+