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How do I SSH into a droplet with my domain name instead of the IP address
I asked for help on this on the most similar question in the forum, but no luck yet....
I want to SSH into my droplet using the domain name that I have set up instead of the the IP address of the droplet.
I don’t have a complicated set up - just LAMP Ubuntu 14.04, but I do have CloudFlare set up managing the name servers for the domain.
If anyone can tell me if this is possible and the steps required to get it working, I’d be very grateful :)
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what OS do you use to initiate the ssh session with your droplet?
Hi brass, apologies for the delay in replying. I work from a Mac and the intention would be to use either command prompt from Terminal or - more closely related to my issue - access the droplet via some kind of FTP client like Cyberduck.
Specifically, the situation I’m looking for would be the ability to log into the droplet in Cyberduck so I would be able to copy the URLs of hosted assets such as images. So, rather than having the IP of the droplet in the address, it would be the domain name of my website.
After all the good advice provided on this thread, I’m afraid I’m not any closer to achieving this… Any ideas?
Thanks for you time :)