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Unable to access local git repository in Plesk server: fatal: repository not found

Unable to access a local git repository, for example git clone command fails:

git clone https://[email protected]/plesk-git/my_app
Cloning into ‘repo’…
Password for ‘https://[email protected]’:
fatal: repository ‘https://[email protected]:7080/plesk-git/repo/’ not found
The following error is found in the domain’s error log /var/www/vhosts/example.com/logs/error_log:

[Tue Sep 19 00:32:36.985861 2017] [auth_basic:error] [pid 4217:tid 140077837539072] [client 203.0.113.2:36100] AH01617: user john.doe: authentication failure for “/plesk-git/example.git”: Password Mismatch
CloudLinux operating system and CageFS feature is used

Git package is not permitted in CageFS.

Connect to the server using SSH
Add git rpm package to CageFS and apply changes:

# cagefsctl –addrpm git
# cagefsctl –force-update
Make sure the LoadModule directives exists and is not commented in /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/01-cgi.conf file as in the following output:

# cat /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/01-cgi.conf | grep -v ^#
<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
LoadModule cgid_module modules/mod_cgid.so
</IfModule>
<IfModule mpm_event_module>
LoadModule cgid_module modules/mod_cgid.so
</IfModule>
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
</IfModule>
Restart httpd service to apply changes:

# systemctl restart httpd.service