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dwallacelf edited this page May 8, 2026 · 6 revisions

Introducing Gerrit

Gerrit is the code review mechanism. All code pushed is first verified and reviewed before it is merged.

Registering your ssh key with Gerrit

In order to use ssh git urls for interacting with gerrit you will need to register your ssh public key with gerrit.

Log into Gerrit

Go to https://gerrit.fd.io

You will see an screen like:

Gerrit Initial Screen

Click 'Login' in the upper right hand corner.

Sign in with your LF username and password:

Gerrit Login Screen

Go to Settings

Click on your name in the upper right hand corner:

Gerrit Open Screen

Select 'Settings'

Gerrit Settings Screen

Set ssh key

Instructions for getting git and generating an ssh key on Windows

When the 'Settings' screen comes up select 'SSH Settings' in the left hand nav (you can also use this direct link):

Gerrit Settings String Screen

Fill in your ssh public key (there are lots of helpful instructions on this screen for generating a key if you need it, and where to find your public key):

Gerrit Set_SSH_Key Screen

Once you've filled it out it should look something like this:

Gerrit SSH_key_filled_in Screen

And once you've submitted it it should look something like this:

Gerrit SSH_key_-_complete Screen

Accessing gerrit.fd.io from within DMZ machine

Accessing public repo from within DMZ machine

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