I created key using puttygen. Added public key to /.ssh/authorized_keys. Restarted ssh 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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How to add shh key to droplet?

Posted November 5, 2014

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

p.s. what did i wrong?

Suvitruf

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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

Bart • 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

Bart • November 29, 2014

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