Nikolas
I was trying to enhance the security of my droplet by setting up firewall rules via DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls. Here are the commands I used to add the rules:
# Adding a rule to allow SSH sudo ufw allow 22/tcp
After making these changes, I found that I could not connect to the droplet via SSH. I get a “Connection timed out” error when trying to connect. I’m sure I correctly added port 22 to the allowed list, but the connection still fails.
Could anyone have encountered a similar issue or suggest what I might have done wrong? Are there any firewall settings or additional steps that need to be taken?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Hi there,
You mentioned that you added a Cloud Firewall, note that if you have both ufw and a Cloud Firewall, even if UFW allows SSH, DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls could be blocking it.
Check in the DigitalOcean Control Panel and ensure Inbound Rules allow:
- Port 22 (TCP) from your IP or Anywhere
- You can check out the docs here: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/firewalls/how-to/configure-rules/
Let me know how it goes after you’ve allowed the SSH connections for both the ufw on your Droplet and the Cloud Firewall!
- Bobby
Heya, @nikolasj
As Bobby mentioned if you run a Cloud Firewall there might be a miscofiguration in the firewall rules and you need to check if both configs allow the ssh access.
Regards
It sounds like you might have a conflict between ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) and DigitalOcean’s Cloud Firewalls. Ensure that DigitalOcean’s Cloud Firewall rules also allow SSH (port 22) and that ufw is not blocking the connection. You can check the status of ufw with sudo ufw status and disable it temporarily with sudo ufw disable to test if it’s the issue. Additionally, verify your droplet’s network settings in the DigitalOcean control panel.
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