I’m running OSX 10.11.6 and when I try to access the console for one of my droplets I get an extremely slow response time, it could be up to 1 minute from the point I type something until it appears in the console. I tried accessing the console via Chrome (55.0.2883.95) and Firefox (51.0.1) but both have the same issue.
It was working well a while back but I haven’t used it much since, thanks
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Since the console (from within the DigitalOcean CP) is web based, I’ve noticed it can be a little slow at times, which is why I’ll normally use Terminal on my MBP – that and I prefer to have more control than what is provided from a web based solution.
When you can’t access Terminal, it’s a viable solution, though in most all other cases, Terminal is the best method to login to your server on a Mac.
The DigitalOcean Web-based console is always a backup, emergency option for you to access your droplet, in those cases you mistakenly configured your firewall or SSH server.
Normally, you can simply open your Terminal in Launchpad, and type in ssh user@hostname(IP or domain) to access your server.
While demanding monitor boot status, I suppose properly configure logs is a better option.
This is a big issue for us - the console is close to useless. When the ssl deamon stops responding (a common issue on DO wms) debugging takes hours in stead of minutes. Sometimes I just delete and rebuild the droplet from a snapshot - way faster.
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