Ansible git clone 'Permission Denied' but direct git clone working -

i got troubling issue ansible. setup git cloning on environment using ssh key of current host:

- name: add user public key     copy:       src: "/users/alexgrs/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"      dest: "/home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"      mode: 0644  - name: add user private key     copy:       src: "/users/alexgrs/.ssh/id_rsa"      dest: "/home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa"      mode: 0600  - name: clone repository   git:     repo: repo.git    dest: /home/vagrant/workspace/    update: true    accept_hostkey: true    key_file: "/home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" 

if vagrant ssh on vagrant , execute git pull repoit works. when vagrant provision got following error message:

stderr: permission denied (publickey). fatal: not read remote repository. please make sure have correct access rights , repository exists. 

i'm pretty sure publickey not used vangrant provision i'm not able detect why.

did see kind of issue ?

thank you.

edit: seems ansible not doing git clone trying following command:

/usr/bin/git ls-remote ssh://repo.git -h refs/heads/head

i tried in vagrant box , have same permission denied issue.

copying private keys imho never idea. better option enable ssh agent forwarding.

you can globally in local .ssh/config:

forwardagent yes 

or in ansible.cfg:

[ssh_connection] ssh_args= -a 

in case though need make sure host/vm accepts agent forwarding. in remote /etc/ssh/sshd_config has defined:

allowagentforwarding yes