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How do I ssh to a Kubernetes node?

Is there a way to SSH to a kubernetes node droplet? When I created the kubernetes cluster there was no option to authorize an ssh key.

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fahri • November 2, 2018
Accepted Answer

Hey, first of all you need to give access ssh port on firewall section for your droplet/node. After that you can reset your root password on droplets access tab. When you get your new root password you can ssh to your node.

Juampy NR • April 7, 2020

If you are looking to connect to a pod service in order to run commands, here is the syntax that worked for me:

kubectl exec pod-name -c container-name -i -t bash
Ben Yanke • November 2, 2018

I don’t believe there is - the tradeoff of a fully managed service is that you don’t get to log in and break their management.

FG • April 7, 2020

Worker nodes are built on Droplets, but unlike standard Droplets, worker nodes are managed with the Kubernetes command-line client kubectl and are not accessible with SSH.

From https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/kubernetes/

I tried to connect thru load balancer IP but not success… it says “connection closed by remote”

If you want to copy files you can use kubectl cp command