Question

Connect Droplet via SSH is Unstable. Encounter "timed out" occasionally.

Hi,

I created a docker droplet recently and try to create a generic docker-machine in my windows workspace.

However, I cannot successfully create the docker-machine. After debugging, I found out that I cannot successfully connect to my droplet with SSH every time.

Below is my command to create docker-machine:

 docker-machine -D --native-ssh create --driver generic --generic-ip-address=<IP> --generic-ssh-key <RSA KEY> remote

The command stuck when running SSH command, below is partial log:

About to run SSH command:
sudo hostname docker && echo "docker" | sudo tee /etc/hostname
SSH cmd err, output: <nil>:
(docker) Calling .GetSSHHostname
(docker) Calling .GetSSHPort
(docker) Calling .GetSSHKeyPath
(docker) Calling .GetSSHKeyPath
(docker) Calling .GetSSHUsername
Using SSH client type: native
&{{{<nil> 0 [] [] []} root [0x76ed50] 0x76ed00  [] 0s} 167.71.214.248 22 <nil> <nil>}
About to run SSH command:

                if ! grep -xq '.*\sdocker' /etc/hosts; then
                        if grep -xq '127.0.1.1\s.*' /etc/hosts; then
                                sudo sed -i 's/^127.0.1.1\s.*/127.0.1.1 docker/g' /etc/hosts;
                        else
                                echo '127.0.1.1 docker' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts;
                        fi
                fi
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

I try to connect to my droplet with below command:

ssh root@167.71.214.248 echo hi

The command cannot always run successfully. Below is my screenshot:

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I’m wondering what’s going wrong? Please kindly help me. Thanks a lot.


Reference

  1. Droplet Info info

  2. Docker machine version:

docker-machine.exe version 0.14.0, build 89b8332

I have tried version 0.12 ~ 0.16, but still encounter the same error

  1. My computer
  2. Window 10 Home Edition
  3. Have tried both OpenSSH and SSH in Docker Quick Start terminal
  4. Using DockerTools

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alexdo
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July 28, 2019
Accepted Answer

Hello

This could mean there is a (temporary) problem with the server (or some router along the way). You can try a traceroute to determine whether or not this is true.

You can perform the traceroute on MAC/Linux using:

traceroute 167.71.214.248

On Windows using:

tracert 167.71.214.248

Let me know if you have any questions. Alex

Hi community,

I contact support team for the help.

They reply that it may be due to Window’s OpenSSH.

They said there are some layers which can introduce software firewalls or application blocking.

I tried MinGW’s ssh, it seems that the SSH still get “timed out” sometimes, but much more stable than OpenSSH.

However, since my docker-machine cannot successfully run with external SSH, the problem still not be solved.

I’ll keep updating this thread if there is any update.

Hope this could help others.

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