I have completed the tutorials for initial setup of the Ubuntu 16.04 server, LAMP, and Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt. I was able to log in one time. After I lost my connection through bad wifi my terminal froze. I closed the terminal and could not log back in.
ssh: connect to host hostname.org -p port: Connection timed out
I enabled a pass phrase, but it doesn’t ask it. What could be wrong?
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You can access the server if you log into the control panel in DigitalOcean and use the Console.
It’s hard to say what went wrong, but my first guess would be either firewall or you changed the default port 22 of SSH. Which tutorial did you use specifically? And did you do anything outside the scope of the tutorial?
Have you already changed your DNS to point to your server - otherwise continue to use the IP address.
@technicallyblue
Make sure the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config has the line Port 5069 and reboot the server after the change.
It seems like you’ve added a firewall rule to block port 22 - at least that’s what I’m seeing when scanning your server:
22/tcp closed ssh
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