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How to add shh key to droplet?

Posted November 5, 2014 2.6k views

1) I created key using puttygen.
2) Added public key to /.ssh/authorized_keys.
3) Restarted ssh
4) Added ssh private key to putty, trying to connect and droplet still ask for user+password.

p.s. what did i wrong?

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bubbl November 29, 2014
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bubbl November 29, 2014

how do you add they key to putty? use pegeant to manage ssh keys.
also, check your sshd_config if it is set to accept ssh keys

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alexdo April 20, 2021

Hello there,

You can check these two articles in order to create your ssh-keys and then access the droplet using the PuTTY ssh-client

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/create-with-putty/

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-ssh-keys-with-putty-to-connect-to-a-vps

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Alex

How To Create SSH Keys With PuTTY to Connect to a VPS
by Pablo Carranza
This tutorial runs through creating SSH keys with PuTTY to connect to your virtual server.
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