By sub359
I initially created a droplet and added my SSH key in the creation process. It worked well, I could easily connect to server from my local machine via SSH. However, I recently had to reinstall my OS and lost my saved ssh key, so have had to create a new ssh key. I can’t get it to work. I have tried the commands and get these error messages:
C:\ $ ssh root@droplet IP
root@droplet IP: Permission denied (publickey).
C:\ $ ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa root@droplet IP root@droplet IP: Permission denied (publickey).
Also, I have deleted my original ssh key from my digitalocean droplet account to try and resolve this but that has not helped.
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Hi @sub359,
It seems like you are trying to use your private id_rsa key to enter. In order to enter using your SSH key, you’ll need to do the following.
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Copy your public ssh key in the file id_rsa.pub.
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SSH into your droplet’s console and your root password from your Contron Panel
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Paste the id_rsa.pub contents in your
~/.ssh/authorozied_keys -
Restart your sshd service
service sshd restart -
Give it another go to SSH to your droplet.
Regards, KDSys
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