can't connect through SSh to my droplet, can't access website hosted on droplet

April 1, 2016 3k views
Ubuntu LAMP Stack DigitalOcean
kmelkon
By:
kmelkon

Hello guys!

I’ve been using this droplet for about 3-4 months, and today all of a sudden I can’t connect through SSH, it just times out. I try to visit the wordpress website hosted on it, it times out, tried accessing the web console, it worked, tried connecting to localhost through ssh from web console and it worked, I also tried pinging its IP address ( 178.62.122.215 ) from my PC and I got this 

--- 178.62.122.215 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3024ms

I don’t know what to do, any ideas? any information I need to provide so you can help me?

Thanks

Sign In to Comment
11 Answers
azcunaga April 18, 2018

Seems like it is a firewall issue.

I disabled the iptables firewall using the Flush All, Delete All Chains & Accept section of the tutorial below, and that did the trick for me:

sudo iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
sudo iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
sudo iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT

sudo iptables -t nat -F
sudo iptables -t mangle -F
sudo iptables -F
sudo iptables -X

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-list-and-delete-iptables-firewall-rules

Regards

How To List and Delete Iptables Firewall Rules
by Mitchell Anicas
Iptables is a firewall that plays an essential role in network security for most Linux systems. While many iptables tutorials will teach you how to create firewall rules to secure your server, this one will focus on a different aspect of firewall management: listing and deleting rules.
Report
montonero July 14, 2016

Same here. Droplet seems to work fine, but I can’t login via ssh nor can I access website.

Report
zhaojunjie78 April 29, 2016

I got the same issue, can somebody help? thanks!

Report
WinTech June 12, 2016

same issue here. Can’t access via SSH neither ping it or anything…The only thing that works is the console within D.O.’s control panel. Can someone help?

Report
ErnestJumbe October 28, 2016

Are there any answers for this? I’ve just experienced a similar issue and after I logged in using the web console it was suddenly working.

Report
marcoskubis January 20, 2017

Same here. Someone has fixed it?

Report
tvandershpilen August 15, 2017

Same sht here… Anyone??? mb it’s time to say goodbye to DO, as this happens 2nd tima and a new droplet creation helps here

Report
melvyniandrag November 3, 2017

would someone post a follow up for the love of god?!?! I have the same issue here and I imagine it must have been resolved for at least one of the people above me in this thread.... I opened a ticket and I’ll let you know what they say.

Report
gormleyrp November 29, 2017

I have the same issue. Can’t ssh into my droplet.

Report
gormleyrp November 29, 2017

I am about ready to cancel my DO service

Report
azcunaga April 18, 2018

New Year

Same Issue

BUMP!

Report
Have another answer? Share your knowledge.

You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

Related