Question
How do I login to a droplet where I forgot to whitelist the SSH port
- Posted on September 30, 2019
- FirewallDigitalOcean
Asked by Jeiman Jeya
Hi,
So I forgot to add port 22 to the Firewall whitelist and now I can’t login.
Also, I can only login to my droplet using SSH key.
Is there a way around this? Or should I destroy the droplet and create a new one with the port whitelisted?
Thank you.
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Hello,
You can use the web console through the DigitalOcean control panel. Here’s a step by step instructions on how to regain access to your droplet:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/resources/console/
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby