Pijul on macOS Fails with ssh/Nest – Seeking Nest Source Access and Contribution Opportunities

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I’m unable to get Pijul on Mac working with Nest, and it seems to be a recurring issue based on discussions I’ve seen on Discourse boards. I’m keen to contribute to resolving this, as I believe Pijul could serve as a decentralized information management layer for a DePIN infrastructure I’m exploring with Mysterium. However, this problem is blocking my investigation.

I’ve included troubleshooting logs below for reference. To dive deeper, I’d like to access Nest’s source code and set up a test environment. Could someone guide me on how to get involved in this way? Alternatively, if there’s a known technical issue with Pijul, resulting in reduced engineering activity on the platform, I’d appreciate an update. I haven’t noticed much recent development, so any insight would help.

Thanks for any assistance or pointers on contributing!

Trouble Shooting Logs / ssh connectivity to nest:

  • MacOS Version: 11.7.10
  • Pijul: Installed via cargo install pijul --version “~1.0.0-beta”, version 1.0.0-beta.9

SSH Key Setup

  • Generated: ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C “EMAIL”

  • ~/.ssh/config:

Host nest.pijul.com
    HostName nest.pijul.com
    User highvibe
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
  • Public key uploaded to Nest: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILcrtP23IcXI5dAgI8l6i9LXx+L0G8EKb0kBvxxEJRGQ EMAIL

pijul identity

  • pijul identity new (selected “no” to SSH key prompt to avoid hang):
~/Library/Application Support/pijul/identities/highvibe/identity.toml:
username = "highvibe"
email = "EMAIL"
origin = "nest.pijul.com"
[public_key]
key = "EJbs1yQA8Tdh9WnbD8TjtHyHn6KbtgYk4UXXTxCKVsUF"

[public_key]
version = 0
algorithm = "Ed25519"
signature = "2hgzvQijSacV3QJ6Z4iCUuv6LZQjDSCPDKd81yphyPTy7PpqidQ9gapq4oJnSVtLCED2CkEZFiEiHJa6JbwpMb7R"
key = "EJbs1yQA8Tdh9WnbD8TjtHyHn6KbtgYk4UXXTxCKVsUF"

identity prove Fails

  • RUST_LOG=“pijul=debug” pijul identity prove highvibeAT[nestHOST]
  [2025-04-03T20:14:01Z DEBUG pijul_remote::ssh] Trying key Ed25519(...)
[2025-04-03T20:14:01Z DEBUG pijul_remote::ssh] fingerprint = "eulf5RwDiNbwc+gf1brMtxhdaJw0g8wL1Y5VlrR3llk"
[2025-04-03T20:14:01Z DEBUG pijul_remote::ssh] authenticate future
Error: "Not authenticated. Please check your credentials and try again."

SSH Succeeds, Hangs

  • ssh -v highvibeAT[NEST HOST] echo TEST
debug1: Offering public key: /Users/don/.ssh/id_ed25519 ED25519 SHA256:eulf5RwDiNbwc+gf1brMtxhdaJw0g8wL1Y5VlrR3llk
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
debug1: Sending command: echo TEST
[Hangs]

Clone Fails

  • RUST_LOG=“pijul=debug” pijul clone highvibeAT[NEST HOST]/pijul/pijul
[2025-04-03T20:15:55Z DEBUG pijul_remote::ssh] Trying key Ed25519(...)
[2025-04-03T20:15:55Z DEBUG pijul_remote::ssh] authenticate future
[Hangs]