How to setup an SSH Jump server using Digital Ocean?

Hi there @zabius,

Fully agree with what @alexdo mentioned already. In addition, I could add a couple of things:

• Make sure to have a firewall on the server, you could either go with a software firewall like UFW or CSF, or go with a Cloud Firewall
• Follow the steps from this tutorial here on how to harden your OpenSSH service:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-harden-openssh-on-ubuntu-18-04

Regards, Bobby

Hello, @zabius

You can basically create a droplet that will be used as a jumpbox to connect to your other droplets/servers. Than on the jumpbox you can setup ssh-keys which you will later on upload to the servers you’re going to access from the jumpbox.

You can check the following tutorials for the ssh-keys:

How To Set Up SSH Keys How-to Add SSH Keys to New or Existing Droplets

You can also make sure that the jumpbox is secure in order to use it without any hesitation. You can check the following tutorials:

Recommended Security Measures to Protect Your Servers Recommended Initial Droplet Configuration Initial Server Setup - You can select other OS if you’re planning to use CentOS for example

Let me know if you have any questions.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex