How can I SSH to my already existing droplet if I don't have the original key?

Question

I want to connect to my droplet through SSH but I don’t have the key it was created with. I have always been using the web based console.

how can I create a new key and connect through my terminal on my Mac?

Sorry if this is a basic question.

Answer 1

bobbyiliev June 13, 2019

Hello,

What you could do is:

Reset your Droplet root password - you can do that through your digital ocean control panel.
Then log in using the Droplet console to gain access to the Droplet’s SSH configuration.
Enable password authentication by editing the SSH config and restarting the SSH service or add your new SSH key directly.

Hope that this helps!

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swammy June 19, 2019
Thanks for the reply. I did that and was able to connect via my new SSH key. However it appears the reboot crashed my site. I think it disabled something in Rails. I get this error

to unix:/tmp/unicorn.dropletname.sock failed (2: No such file or directory) while connecting to upstream,
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Answer 2

swammy June 19, 2019
Thanks for the reply. I did that and was able to connect via my new SSH key. However it appears the reboot crashed my site. I think it disabled something in Rails. I get this error

to unix:/tmp/unicorn.dropletname.sock failed (2: No such file or directory) while connecting to upstream,
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