When I try to connect to my Digital Ocean Ubuntu/Wordpress droplet I get Error: Authentication failed. Error: Critical error: count not connect to the server
I tried host: sftp://IP Username: ubuntu user Password: ubuntu password
What am I missing here?
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Hi there,
Rather than setting up your own FTP server and FTPS, I could suggest using SFTP with FileZilla and using your SSH credentials.
You can do that by following the steps from the documentation here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby
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