Bitbucket cloning private git repository

Question

I want to clone a private git repository on bitbucket , but I don't have an ssh-key on my workstation yet. When I try to clone I get the following:

Cloning into 'notdefinedyet'...
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.

Must I generate a new ssh-key or can I get an old key which was installed earlier? If so, how I can get it?

Answer 1

If you don't have a copy of your private key available, you will have to generate a new one and associate it on your account. There's no way to get the private key back, that's what makes them private.