Beginner here. This seems like it should be a simple fix but I’ve been wracking my brain for a couple days and can not figure out how to connect to my droplet.

Context
OS: Windows 10
Shell: Bash (I’m on a new Windows computer but came from Mac so I downloaded bash so I can keep using UNIX commands)

Goal: I’m trying to SSH into my DO droplet

Steps I’ve taken:
1) I sudo into root user
2) checked the sshconfig file to allow root user log in
3) tried to ssh into my server with root login

ssh root@123.456.789.10
4) error code:
root@123.456.789.10: Permission denied (publickey).
5) I’ve generated new keys (ssh key-gen) several times. Each time, I overwrite old files
6) searched local machine for ssh keys (idrsa) and nothing.

What could be the issue here? Are the keys misnamed? If I’m using bash, do I have to save the SSH keys in Ubuntu? I’m new to Microsoft, are there firewall settings that might be blocking the connection?

Any help would be very appreciated!