"Failed to connect to repository" Error while setting up Github Jenkins Plugin
You might need to set the path to your git executable in Manage Jenkins -> Configure System -> Git -> Git Installations -> Path to Git executable.
For example, I was getting the same error in Windows. I had installed git with chocolatey, and got the location via Powershell:
Get-Command git.exe | Select DefinitionIn Unix, you should be able to do:
which git
I was getting the same thing while connection to git from jenkins. Here is few checklist you would like to watch on :-
Jenkins Configuration :-
1) Check whether git executable is appropriately specified
2) Provide SSH repository link git@blahblah
3) Under credentials >> Select Username and Authentication key(go to your server, Generate SSH keys ssh-keygen... Copy keys to JENKINS_HOME/,ssh)
You should be able to connect to your GIT repository from Jenkins