Connect to Bitbucket using an app password

Symptom

Bitbucket users are not able to use their personal Atlassian account password when using Basic authentication with Git over HTTPS.

Environment 

PowerBuilder IDE

Cause

Bitbucket deprecate Atlassian account password for Git activity.

Solution

On the Bitbucket website

  1. From your avatar in the bottom left, click Personal settings.

  2. Click App passwords under Access management.

  3. Click Create app password.

  4. Give the app password a name related to the application that will use the password.

  5. Select the specific access and permissions you want this application password to have.

  6. Copy the generated password and either record or paste it into the application you want to give access. The password is only displayed this one time.

On PowerBuilder IDE

Follow the instructions below to connect to the workspace:

https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022r2/pbug/Using_Source_Control.html#git_get

Note: Don’t put your email address in PowerBuilder IDE for the user ID. You user ID is the part in your repository that uniquely identify you from other Bitbucket users.

Reference

https://bitbucket.org/blog/deprecating-atlassian-account-password-for-bitbucket-api-and-git-activity