By ackonit
I have droplet is configured for SSH with username & password. I also added SSH key to this droplet in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
I have uploaded custom image, created a droplet from it. Access to this droplet was via SSH key. I made a snapshot from this droplet.
Thus, I have a droplet with login and password access and a snapshot with an SSH key.
When I try to rebuild the droplet with this snapshot, I get the error: “The image for this droplet does not use root passwords, please use an SSH key”
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Hi @ackonit,
What if you remove the Password authentication method and leave only the SSH method on the droplet you are trying to rebuild, does that change the outcome or not?
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