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Solution to can't SSH to NEW Snapshot droplet (no Internet)
If you are facing the snapshot restoring and No SSH problem like me, Its easy to fix.
Here is the problem. I took a snapshot of my old server and then restored it to new server. Now I can’t SSH to it, or just ping to any external site in that server (ping google.com doesn’t work). However, everything is working in the digital ocean console side.
I spent 5 long hours to find this solution. I hope to help you too!!!
Solution:
Open DigitalOcean console and login to your server.
(If the previous password doesn’t work, just reset/forgot password it)type
ifconfig
and click enter.
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:420 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:420 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:107265 (107.2 KB) TX bytes:107265 (107.2 KB)
- If you see just one ‘lo’ device, it means you don’t have internet access. To fix this, type
ifconfig -a
ens3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr c2:eb:73:62:d7:5d
.......and so on.
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:109321 (109.3 KB) TX bytes:109321 (109.3 KB)
- Now you need to add this correct
ens3
to the network interface. To do that, typecat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
Go to the source, which is
/etc/network/interfaces.d/
for me.
Typecat /etc/network/interfaces.d
Type
ls
and edit the file there. For me, its50-cloud-init.cfg
.
So, typenano 50-cloud-init.cfg
This is your previous server’s network configuration, just change the values of
IP Address
andGateway
. You can find these values in your Digital ocean >Droplet>Networking section.
Also, add ens3
device or whatever we found in step 3.
Make the file similar to this,
# This file is generated from information provided by
# the datasource. Changes to it will not persist across an instance.
# To disable cloud-init's network configuration capabilities, write a file
# /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg with the following:
# network: {config: disabled}
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
dns-nameservers 67.207.67.2 67.207.67.3
auto lo ens3
iface lo inet loopback
iface ens3 inet static
address 68.183.xx.xxx/20
gateway 68.183.xx.x
# control-alias eth0
iface ens3 inet static
address 10.47.0.5/16
- Done, It should work now. Try
ping google.com
& should work properly.
Thank me later, Regards,
Sreekant Shenoy
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Thanks for sharing this write-up @geekyblop !
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