Set up an Ubuntu Droplet for the first time. I am receiving an SSH Connection Lost error when I try to open the Droplet Console. I have set up one firewall rule blocking all incoming traffic on TCP and UDP that is not my own public IP.
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Hey!
If you have configured any of your firewalls to block SSH traffic on the port the SSH daemon listens on, you need to reconfigure their rules to accept incoming SSH connections on that port.
Otherwise the web console will not work:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-console/
Alternatively, you can keep your firewall rules as they are and just use a local SSH client instead of the web console:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby