Issue with SSH key on Bitbucket

Question

I have a Bitbucket account and I used my SSH key as the deployment key by accident and now when I try to enter my SSH key I get the infamous Someone has already registered this as a deploy key. I'm the only person using this account, no one else.

Also, if I git push -u origin --all I get:

conq: repository access denied. access via a deployment key is read-only.
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

When the deployment key was deleted already. I even deleted my account and created a new one and still getting Someone has already registered this as a deploy key.

I'm trying to push from Cloud9 to Bitbucket so I don't know if creating a new SSH key is an option.

I don't know what else to do and neither the guys at Bitbucket. Any help? Thanks.

Answer 1

Resolution

Open a terminal with SSH configured for Bitbucket Cloud and enter the following

ssh -T git@bitbucket.org

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bbkb/someone-has-already-registered-that-ssh-key-338365482.html

Answer 2

I was doing commit and push without git init. That's why it kept telling Someone has already registered that SSH key.

Answer 3

Take the Easy Path

The deployment key is obviously attached to some BitBucket team or repository somewhere, so unless you can track it down the easiest thing to do is just create a new keypair. This is easy enough to do, and will save you much pain and suffering.

Making a new key takes moments. Ensuring that you distribute your new key takes a bit longer, but still may be less trouble than tracking down a public key that's escaped into the wild. Upload your new public key to BitBucket as an account key, not as a deployment key. Then use /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id from the openssh-client package to quickly distribute the new key to your various internal servers, if you like.

Your problem could be resolved within minutes if you take the easy path. I heartily recommend it.