Question

I have port 22: Operation timed out on my droplets

Posted on January 15, 2022
DigitalOcean Droplets
Asked by volodyaschneider

Tomorrow I made a droplet and this morning I have the error

ssh -vvvv root@165.232.147.254
OpenSSH_8.6p1, LibreSSL 2.8.3
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: include /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/* matched no files
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 54: Applying options for *
debug2: resolve_canonicalize: hostname 165.232.147.254 is address
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/Users/vsshnayder/.ssh/known_hosts'
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/Users/vsshnayder/.ssh/known_hosts2'
debug1: Authenticator provider $SSH_SK_PROVIDER did not resolve; disabling
debug3: ssh_connect_direct: entering
debug1: Connecting to 165.232.147.254 [165.232.147.254] port 22.
debug3: set_sock_tos: set socket 3 IP_TOS 0x48
debug1: connect to address 165.232.147.254 port 22: Operation timed out
ssh: connect to host 165.232.147.254 port 22: Operation timed out

I haven’t server passowrd and using ssh key to connect to server

Please help me to connect

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KFSys

Site Moderator

• January 15, 2022

Accepted Answer

Hi @volodyaschneider,

It seems to me like your IP address is not allowed to reach port 22 or the method you are using to authenticate is not turned on by the droplet.

Having said that, most probably the issue is with port 22. In such cases, you’ll need to use the DigitalOcean’s Recovery Console to get access to your Droplet back and allow SSH connections.

Check the following documentation about the matter:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/recovery-console/

Following the steps, there will allow you to gain access to your Droplet and allow connections for your IP on port 22.

alexdo

Site Moderator

• January 15, 2022

Hello, @volodyaschneider

If you filter any traffic to your droplet via a Cloud Firewall you can temporary disable all rules in order to regain access to your server.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/firewalls/

On the other hand if you filter traffic on port 22 via UFW you can then use the DigitalOcean console as per KFSys’s suggestion in order to restore the normal access to your droplet.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/recovery-console/

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-firewall-with-ufw-on-ubuntu-20-04

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex