Complications with Composer, Private Plugin and Gitlab

[s3w47m88]

I have a private Gitlab server. And I am working with a premium third party WordPress Plugin that does not have a Composer.json file.

I’ve successfully added it, committed to my Gitlab server and installed it via Composer.

The problem is I had to make the Plugin public on my Gitlab server. Which I’m pretty sure is a violation of the license.

But when I switch it to “Internal” - which means I can download it it if I authenticate, then the Composer update fails.

So I’m trying to figure out a way to pass the login credentials somehow or if there is maybe another method.

I understand this question looks more like I’m asking about Gitlab, but I imagine there are other users looking for a solution to this as well and on other systems like Github / BitBucket / etc… so I’m hoping the community has a solution even if it’s not something with Gitlab.

Thank you all for your time!

[fullyint]

Assuming you can access your “internal” plugin repo on your gitlab server via SSH (i.e., without password), I’m guessing you need to add your gitlab server’s hostkey to your known_hosts.

@fullyint

If the deploy’s composer install process reaches out to a host not already in your server’s known_hosts, the composer install will fail. Before roots/trellis#751 you would have had to SSH into your server and add those known_hosts entries manually. The new Trellis known_hosts allows you to specify those host keys right in your config, automating the process.

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What should the host key entry look like? Find examples of how host keys should look by checking your local machine known_hosts, either by opening and looking, or by using this command:
ssh-keyscan -H gitlab.mydomain.com

The thread above has a lot more conceptual info that may be helpful.

Also be sure your ssh-agent has your keys loaded. If relevant ssh keys to connect to your gitlab server don’t appear in output of ssh-add -l, you must ssh-add.

@fullyint

if you’re on MacOS Sierra, be sure your ssh agent isn’t “forgetting” your keys:

• more info
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[s3w47m88]

Awesome! Thank you. I will try this and if I get a solution I will report here and attempt to provide a pre-packaged solution that others can use.