Title: Host Key Verification Failed Solution
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# Host Key Verification Failed Solution

 *  [derekwied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekwied/)
 * (@derekwied)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/host-key-verification-failed-solution/)
 * So I was having a lot of issues with setting up Revisr to work with my Bitbucket
   Server. I followed the guide for how to add an SSH key, and I added it under 
   ~/.ssh, but still nothing worked and I kept getting the Host Key Verification
   Failed errors. Turns out, the key (for Apache) needed to be added to the apache
   user’s directory, and then the repository needed to be sync’d as apache to added
   it to its own Known Hosts list. Please see my steps below. (Also, if you are 
   not able to access apache’s .ssh directory, it may be owned by root, so chown
   apache:apache)
 * ======================
 * [root@centos html]# sudo -u apache ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “user@example.
   com”
    Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the
   key (/usr/share/httpd/.ssh/id_rsa): /usr/share/httpd/.ssh/id_rsa already exists.
   Overwrite (y/n)? y Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase
   again: Your identification has been saved in /usr/share/httpd/.ssh/id_rsa. Your
   public key has been saved in /usr/share/httpd/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. The key fingerprint
   is: fd:c2:43:01:0c:EX:AM:PL:E9:c6:f3:65:20:ca:b5:8f [user@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/host-key-verification-failed-solution/user@example.com?output_format=md)
   The key’s randomart image is: +–[ RSA 4096]—-+ | Removed | | | | | | | | | | 
   | | | | | | | +—————–+ [root@centos html]# cat < /usr/share/httpd/.ssh/id_rsa.
   pub ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2RemovedRemoveCAQCh0oXy7pGcXyzpZPrD34Sa9oNUnCWZUHutU70vYztmm4L7sF
   WNKIY59JtV21S30oVf4uuvm4dKQ9GASTw3SffdnL6Oge+6tFn+B0PdC1TXAkqhxFPc+PSa/SyfqtP/
   z6P4mp2l W6oPn67wAgT3w+dJTnmVFHcusr+CRemovedRemoveddrdOxpI1AeT+Y9fY/hBtG+pKRW6FEZs0LAfXIys
   +6Q1G /h12tKdiB1anPKPN+75Zj5nCQQ0Nm90ECb6hdiVUoxknwoSUUbV008JrglC4H9HWHUw2jJJCXlofzyrM6VgMDo
   8Bc/PZmtAiueo3D/OpRUf3fErOAKlMKNidvEOMUFbNz/jDdDtN6bfFkJEhAblxkoGP6XqQwnn9Wlkfaxl64LDG
   G1bfNflpx62euzj9EUqK3zRemovedRemovedXXXX8GF0v+iUCgWg9M73J+yDJdedRtM3FCwfFYtvzx
   +2zfdG0r /Bq70KXr+Ll4dlWBDBjYwSefM9mXW4e/YhTtipPfld7/JwD9kGu/ybPhiy2vm2yhGq7kFk0T3UgV41EhrcY5fU
   ceGhe0ftRZm9XsVykQEbLA89xEeij+ZOwf+NafxezTDOUz+j815MKRYlonZoRVtaHU7IUsiV+xmMVfXGFKGkAO
   iN3TYkRaFkYxu84mn/3T0V9rHGdVaJtBGw== [user@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/host-key-verification-failed-solution/user@example.com?output_format=md)[
   root@centos html]# sudo -u apache git push origin master The authenticity of 
   host ‘[www.example.com]:7999 ([xxx.xx.xx.xxx]:7999)’ can’t be established. RSA
   key fingerprint is 12:54:a5:a0:17:EX:AM:PL:Ea:a7:c6:a6:2b:9d:31:bd. Are you sure
   you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added ‘[www.
   example.com]:7999,[xxx.xx.xxx.xxx]:7999’ (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Everything
   up-to-date

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/host-key-verification-failed-solution/)
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