Unable to clone private repo within docker container: unable to find any valid known_hosts file, set SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS env variable

[manuel-koch]

Since installing labours failed ( installing scipy stuff ) on my platform (MacOS 12.6.3 M1) I tried to use the docker image to run hercules. I want to analyze a private repo on bitbucket, hence I need to provide my SSH key to hercules. Somehow the clone of the repo fails:

( redacted private information regarding the repo )

$ docker run -v ~/.ssh/id_rsa:/key/id_rsa  --rm srcd/hercules hercules --burndown --pb --ssh-identity /key/id_rsa [email protected]:<MY_PRIVATE_REPO>.git
WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/amd64) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm64/v8) and no specific platform was requested
2023/03/17 12:06:32 failed to open [email protected]:<MY_PRIVATE_REPO>.git: unable to find any valid known_hosts file, set SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS env variable
panic: failed to open [email protected]:<MY_PRIVATE_REPO>: unable to find any valid known_hosts file, set SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS env variable

goroutine 1 [running]:
log.Panicf(0x148268a, 0x15, 0xc000139a48, 0x2, 0x2)
	/usr/local/go/src/log/log.go:345 +0xc0
main.loadRepository(0x4000800efd, 0x42, 0x0, 0x0, 0x1, 0x4000800eea, 0x12, 0x370000c000139bb0)
	/root/src/cmd/hercules/root.go:120 +0x4c9
main.glob..func3(0x20cca60, 0xc000bd0550, 0x1, 0x5)
	/root/src/cmd/hercules/root.go:218 +0x2f5
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x20cca60, 0xc000032250, 0x5, 0x5, 0x20cca60, 0xc000032250)
	/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:766 +0x2aa
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x20cca60, 0xc000bce800, 0xc000139f50, 0x839ecf)
	/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:852 +0x2ea
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
	/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/[email protected]/command.go:800
main.main()
	/root/src/cmd/hercules/root.go:516 +0x31

How can I use hercules to analyze a private repo ?

$ docker image ls | grep hercules
srcd/hercules                                                       latest    5c0c71aebf8c   2 years ago     1.23GB

Found a similar ticket that mentions an updated go-git package that fixes the problem. Maybe the docker image is way out-of-date ( looks like 2 years old ) and may not include the latest hercules build.

[manuel-koch]

Tried to build the docker image manually using the provided Dockerfile, but that seems to be outdated too, causing various python install problems during docker build.