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how do I find my droplet's username and password?

Posted on July 14, 2025

how do I find my droplet’s username and password?



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Heya,

You can use the ‘root’ user. For the password, it’s automatically generated. You can use your control panel to reset it and it will be sent to your email. Then you can use your Droplet console to enter your Droplet with the root user and newly generated password:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/how-do-i-reset-my-droplets-root-password/

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-console/

Having said that, I strongly recommend you to use SSH keys rather than passwords. Here is a good tutorial on it:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/ssh-essentials-working-with-ssh-servers-clients-and-keys

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