By mookk
Hi
I have been using Filezilla for the last 5 years or so to access my files. I was trying to install an SSL certificate and somehow got kicked out of my droplet/could not connect anymore.
After reseting my droplet and adding a SSH key I get a timed out - could not connect to server on filezilla.
Status: Connecting to xxxxxxxxxx Response: fzSftp started, protocol_version=11 Command: keyfile “xxxxxx” Command: open “root@xxxxx” 22 Error: Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity Error: Could not connect to server
I have checked my firewall, pinged my IP address which all are working well. Whether I try to connect via my password or SSH key I get timed out. Any ideas please? I have looked on the community and nothing is working for me
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Hi @mookk,
Try to connect from your machine to port 22 to see if you have access to it:
telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 22
where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is your Drpplet’s IP address. You should see something like:
Trying XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX...
Connected to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.6p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.5
where again XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX would be your droplet’s IP address. If you are able to that’s fine, it means it’s not your firewall. If you are not able to, allow your IP address on port 22 on your droplet.
Next thing you might want to try is using port 21 to see if you are able to connect.
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