I just bought a droplet but i am not able to ssh into it. I haven’t set up ssh keys yet. I am trying to login as the root user with the provided password but it isn’t connecting.
ssh -v root@162.243.225.85 OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011 debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/ramanuj/.ssh/config debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 162.243.225.85 [162.243.225.85] port 22.
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Login to your DigitalOcean <a href=“https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets”>Control Panel</a> and make sure that your droplet’s <code>Status</code> is “Active.”
Are you able to log in to your droplet through the Remote Console? If so, run these commands once you’re in and you should be able to SSH into it: <br> <br><pre>rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* <br>/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server</pre>
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