How to clone github private repository in cpanel (shared host without terminal or ssh)?

Question

I have a shared host and they don't give me ssh or terminal for it. I've tried to clone my private repos from git by Git™ Version Control so I am using ssh link because they need permission. I don't know how to make ssh key on cpanel so I can make it from my mac and upload to cpanel and also add to Github.

But when running, they give me error: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists..

I'm a beginner for using Git & StackOverflow, so please let me know if there's anything wrong with the question I've asked. Thanks!

Tried Url with password Cloning a private Github repo and having a response "The clone URL cannot include a password."

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2950107/git-push-into-production-ftp — Ali Kazemi, May 16 '19 at 18:56
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18107431/git-pull-without-ssh — Ali Kazemi, May 16 '19 at 18:56
Thanks you for that! Maybe I will try another way. All of them can't using in my solution. — Hùng Nguyễn, May 31 '19 at 04:20
@HùngNguyễn I have this same question, were you able to work around it? — Guy, May 22 '20 at 01:36
@Guy I changed shared host to VPS. I can't find anyway for sharedhost (with limit permission). — Hùng Nguyễn, May 28 '20 at 03:15
Okay, thanks. I was finally able to do it by SSH'ing in through an external client (PuTTY, in my case) and then following the steps to give a private key to my repo. You should put what worked for you in an answer so others can be helped by it. — Guy, May 31 '20 at 03:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '20 at 03:18

This is different than what worked for the OP (hopefully they put their solution in an answer here).

I was able to solve this problem by installing an external SSH client (like PuTTY for Windows) and then SSH into my website using its IP address. Then I followed these steps from cPanel to connect the private repository.

How to clone github private repository in cpanel (shared host without terminal or ssh)?

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