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:
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!
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Hello, @jenkatan29
What you can do is to add your existing key to your droplet or generate a new ssh key and use the DigitalOcean’s console to add your key on the droplet.
I will recommend you to check these two articles:
How to Create SSH Keys with PuTTY on Windows
How-to Add SSH Keys to New or Existing Droplets
Since you already have generated your ssh-key you can follow the steps listed in the second tutorial and see if this solves your issue.
Let me know how it goes!
Regards, Alex