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connect to host 128.xxx.xxx.xx port 22: Connection refused

Posted September 15, 2014 78.8k

Hello, I am new in using Digital Ocean Cloud server
I am using ubuntu 14.04 for host my multiple site. Firstly, I success for ssh connection.
Then I installed My SQL, Phpmyadmin, apache and secure them using this way :
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-secure-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-14-04
and,
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-14-04

I logged out, then tried to access again with ssh connection and I got :
ssh: connect to host 128.199.xxx.xx port 22: Connection refused.

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 in my dekstop.

Can anyone help me ?

By:

didit

3 comments

heyalbert November 18, 2015
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I have the same issue.
williamxhannah December 10, 2015
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Hi, i also have the same problem. Also, for about 2 week, my mounts ( ssh ) has stopped working, and I have been forced to create a new mount point.
linuxadmin March 14, 2016
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Dear All,

Use the below command to resolve the same:

ssh -p portno username@IPAddress

Thanks
Linux User

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3 answers

valley_webuzo September 15, 2014

Is your server even running ?
Are you able to ping to your server IP ?
Seems the SSHD service is shut down for some reason.
A reboot to the server might help.

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didit September 15, 2014

Should I reboot my server through console ? I think it will cause my data corrupt.
When I ping it. It works, and when I access it show me apache default page.

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kamaln7 September 15, 2014
You can try starting the ssh server:

sudo service ssh start
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didit September 15, 2014

I tried to reboot my server, the run following command :
sudo service ssh start

I got : “ ssh stop/waiting”

I tried again with : “sudo service ssh restart”
I got : “stop : unknown instance ”
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kamaln7 September 15, 2014
It looks like ssh failed to start, are there any errors in /var/log/syslog?

sudo tail -50 /var/log/syslog /var/log/auth.log
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didit September 15, 2014

I got :
tail : option used in invalid context –5
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kamaln7 September 15, 2014

There should be one dash only, not two, so replace --50 with -50. Does that work?
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didit September 15, 2014

I tried both “–50” and “-50”.
And I got the same error messege.
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kamaln7 September 15, 2014

Can you post the exact command that you’re running?
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didit September 15, 2014

sudo tail -50 /var/log/syslog /var/log/auth.log
I got : tail : option used in invalid context –5

Then
sudo tail –50 /var/log/syslog /var/log/auth.log
tail : unrecognized option “–50”
try “tail –help” for more information
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didit September 16, 2014
I tried :
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
sudo apt-get install openssh-client

/etc/init.d/ssh start
sudo service ssh status

It works, now everything is okay.

Thank you for helping me.
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zahir2786 July 26, 2015

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elvijsostrovskis April 5, 2016

Check your ports, run:

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

or

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

and you should see:

Port: 22

If it’s not “22”, but something like “2345”, then adjust your connection line. In Linux or OSX:

ssh -p 2345 your_username@your_droplets_ip_address
ssh -p 2345 root@123.123.123.123

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rexybame November 23, 2016

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