I can't type some symbols on console

Question

Hi! First of all, I am newbie into servers configuration. I am trying to installing wordpress. I have followed the tutorials about creating a droplet, installing LAMP and change domain name server to point to the DigitalOcean name servers and It was going pretty well.

But now I am stuck because I can’t type some characters on the console, so I can’t continue with the tutorials…

How can I type this two symbols? ~ < And there is a way I can copy paste text on the console?

Thanks in advance!

alexdo · Answer

Hello, all The Droplet web console provides out-of-band access and is available regardless of your network settings. It emulates the access you would have if you were sitting down with a keyboard and monitor attached to the actual server. You can use this feature to log in and revert bad settings to regain normal access. You can check our official docs for the console here: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/resources/console/ You will usually use the console if you can’t access your droplet using ssh via a ssh client and it’s usually the last resort option when it comes to troubleshooting. You can also check our docs on How to Connect to Droplets with SSH: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/ There are two options at the bottom of the doc:Connect with OpenSSH andConnect with PuTTY Hope that this helps!Regards,Alex

mailmartinviljoen · Answer

Same problem. I cannot type < or | , when I type them they produce “>” for both pipe and smaller than.

martendegroot · Answer

Same issue here. Cannot use | and < on my macbook. Would like to see a fix soon as well.

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