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how to connect to a droplet via ssh

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alexdo
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June 28, 2024

Heya, @mouhamedtidianeseck

You can connect to your droplet using any terminal like client or use clients like PuTTY or similar.

This article covers both processes:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/

Let us know if you have any questions

KFSys
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June 29, 2024

Heya,

You can connect using Putty or the DigitalOcean Web Console

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-console/

Bobby Iliev
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July 1, 2024

Hi there,

In addition to what has already been mentioned, here is a nice step by step video that will walk you through the process of setting up SSH keys and connecting to your Droplet:

Hope that this helps!

- Bobby

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