Have you seen this article.
https://blog.laravel.com/forge-connect-to-your-server-using-ssh-or-sftp
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Hello all - just spun up a new AWS instance VIA Forge.
Everything seems to be working fine, apart from being able to SSH in. I've added key to the Forge interface as per instructions, but I get the following:
Admins-iMac:~ admin$ ssh forge@xxxxxxxxxx -v OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 18.130.145.49 [18.130.145.49] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_rsa type 0 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_xmss type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/admin/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.9 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.3 debug1: match: OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.3 pat OpenSSH_7.0,OpenSSH_7.1,OpenSSH_7.2*,OpenSSH_7.3*,OpenSSH_7.4*,OpenSSH_7.5*,OpenSSH_7.6*,OpenSSH_7.7* compat 0x04000002 debug1: Authenticating to 18.130.145.49:22 as 'forge' debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256 debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: compression: none debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:g0NjiY9N8X2syR/YkWrPUDpWCUoOeMsd53c1LHHuJTI debug1: Host '18.130.145.49' is known and matches the ECDSA host key. debug1: Found key in /Users/admin/.ssh/known_hosts:1 debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:2yXMexgc6ttPEPAdgotR+C46tbCwrAB7psM+6jYPCiU debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ed25519 debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_xmss debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521> debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:2yXMexgc6ttPEPAdgotR+C46tbCwrAB7psM+6jYPCiU debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Trying private key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ecdsa debug1: Trying private key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_ed25519 debug1: Trying private key: /Users/admin/.ssh/id_xmss debug1: No more authentication methods to try. forge@xxxxxxxxx: Permission denied (publickey).
HEEEELLLLPPP PLEASE
Fixed. Didn't pass a user name when generating the.key. durrrrr me
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