Vagrant: missing file id_rsa

Question

I'm using windows with homestead and I'm trying to enter vagrant up on the command line but I'm getting this error:

C:/www/Homestead/scripts/homestead.rb:106:in read': No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - C:/Users/Niall/.ssh/id_rsa (Errno::ENOENT) from C:/www/Homestead/scripts/homestead.rb:106:inblock (2 levels) in configure' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm_provisioner.rb:72:in call' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm_provisioner.rb:72:inadd_config' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm.rb:321:in provision' from C:/www/Homestead/scripts/homestead.rb:103:inblock in configure' from C:/www/Homestead/scripts/homestead.rb:102:in each' from C:/www/Homestead/scripts/homestead.rb:102:inconfigure' from C:/www/Homestead/Vagrantfile:20:in block in <top (required)>' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/v2/loader.rb:37:incall' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/v2/loader.rb:37:in load' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/loader.rb:113:inblock (2 levels) in load' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/loader.rb:107:in each' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/loader.rb:107:inblock in load' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/loader.rb:104:in each' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/config/loader.rb:104:inload' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/vagrantfile.rb:28:in initialize' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:740:innew' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:740:in vagrantfile' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:486:inhost' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:208:in block in action_runner' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:33:incall' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb:33:in run' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:473:inhook' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/lib/vagrant/environment.rb:722:in unload' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/bin/vagrant:177:inensure in ' from C:/HashiCorp/Vagrant/embedded/gems/gems/vagrant-1.8.1/bin/vagrant:177:in `'

I searched online but all I could find was someone else asking the same question but no answer. What does this error mean? I went to the folder in particular and indeed there is no file called id_rsa. Can anyone shine some light on how to rectify this?

Binaural

Answer 1

It looks like you need to generate an SSH key? You can do that by entering the command ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]" (with your own email obviously) if you're using Git Bash.

When it prompts you for where to save the key just hit enter. Passphrase is also optional, just hit enter twice for a blank passphrase.

Mcalpin

Lifesaver! This should be added to the installation docs for Laravel. – Pennon

Sweet - would have never ever guessed this. – Arther

Useful answer, tks! – Schertz

Note: if you have Cygwin (or msysgit) on Windows, you may have your ssh files elsewhere like so: authorize: C:\dev\cygwin\home\myCYGWINusername\.ssh\id_rsa.pub keys: - C:\dev\cygwin\home\myCYGWINusername\.ssh\id_rsa – Runofthemill

Saved me hours of banging my head against the wall! – Hum