Thanks @alexdo

I’ve tried this but I am still experiencing the same issue.

➜ ~ cat .ssh/idrsa.pub | ssh root@git.khabane.co.za “mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorizedkeys”
root@git.khabane.co.za: Permission denied (publickey).
➜ ~ ll .ssh
total 32
-rw——- 1 ditjhaba staff 1.8K Jun 26 15:18 idrsa
-rw-r–r– 1 ditjhaba staff 423B Jun 26 15:18 idrsa.pub
-rw-r–r– 1 ditjhaba staff 4.4K Oct 21 09:36 known_hosts

Thanks @alexdo

I have tried this but I am still getting the Permission denied (public key)

root@git.khabane.co.za: Permission denied (publickey).

Please note that this is instance is a few years old and I haven’t used a password to access the box ever.

I have tried logging in using the console on the digitalocean portal but it won’t accept my login credentials, this is even after I have reset the password multiple times.