title: How to fix Could not find ssh-agent: error in Jenkins?
body: <p>I'm using Jenkins pipeline to make automation. I'm trying to push the built file to GitHub repository for this purpose I'm using ssh-agent but when I run job I get error as </p>
  
  <pre><code>[Pipeline] { (push to git)
  [Pipeline] sshagent
  [ssh-agent] Using credentials OABLN709$
  [ssh-agent] Looking for ssh-agent implementation...
  Could not find ssh-agent: IOException: Cannot run program "ssh-agent": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
  Check if ssh-agent is installed and in PATH
  [ssh-agent] FATAL: Could not find a suitable ssh-agent provider
  [ssh-agent] Diagnostic report
  [Pipeline] // sshagent
  [Pipeline] }
  [Pipeline] // stage
  [Pipeline] }
  [Pipeline] // withEnv
  [Pipeline] }
  [Pipeline] // node
  [Pipeline] End of Pipeline
  java.lang.RuntimeException: [ssh-agent] Could not find a suitable ssh-agent provider.
      at com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshagent.SSHAgentStepExecution.initRemoteAgent(SSHAgentStepExecution.java:175)
      at com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.sshagent.SSHAgentStepExecution.start(SSHAgentStepExecution.java:63)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:270)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:180)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:122)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2538.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:93)
      at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
      at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1213)
      at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1022)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:42)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
      at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:157)
      at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:23)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:155)
      at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:155)
      at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:159)
      at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:129)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:17)
      at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:59)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.delegateAndExecute(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:133)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.executeSingleStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:660)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.catchRequiredContextForNode(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:402)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.catchRequiredContextForNode(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:400)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.executeSingleStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:659)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:279)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.toolsBlock(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:547)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.toolsBlock(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:546)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:269)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.withEnvBlock(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:446)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.withEnvBlock(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:445)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:268)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.withCredentialsBlock(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:484)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.withCredentialsBlock(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:483)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:267)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:299)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.inDeclarativeAgent(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:585)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.inDeclarativeAgent(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:584)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:296)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.stageInput(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:363)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.stageInput(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:362)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:265)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.inWrappers(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:612)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.inWrappers(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:611)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.modeldefinition.ModelInterpreter.evaluateStage(jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Jenkins/plugins/pipeline-model-definition/WEB-INF/lib/pipeline-model-definition.jar!/org/jenkinsci/plugins/pipeline/modeldefinition/ModelInterpreter.groovy:250)
      at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:57)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1072.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ClosureBlock.eval(ClosureBlock.java:46)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:83)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:174)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable$1.call(Continuable.java:163)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:129)
      at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:268)
      at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:163)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$101(SandboxContinuable.java:34)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.lambda$run0$0(SandboxContinuable.java:59)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.GroovySandbox.runInSandbox(GroovySandbox.java:108)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:58)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:182)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:332)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$200(CpsThreadGroup.java:83)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:244)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:232)
      at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:64)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
      at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:131)
      at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
      at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$1.run(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:59)
      at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Finished: FAILURE
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>code script I used for jenkins pipeline is </p>
  
  <pre><code>stage('gitpush') {
  steps{
  sshagent (credentials: ['mygithubcredentialsID']) {
          sh("git clone https://github.com/mygithub/repository.git")
      }
  
      sshagent (credentials: ['mygithubcredentialsID']) {
  
          sh("(git add ranger-policies/policies.json)")
          sh("(git commit -m 'daily backup of ranger-policies/policies.json')")
          sh('(git push git@github.com:mygithub/repository.git)')
      }
  
  }
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using latest jenkins server on windows, I tried all the solutions available for similar kind of problems but none of them worked out, How can I fix this ?
  Thanks </p>