Hi, i’m new at DigitalOcean, and I’m trying to connect via ssh to my first droplet. I associated my ssh key with the droplet, but when I try to connect via ssh, the server asks me a password. What am I doing wrong ?
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- Open PuTTY
- Click on + sign @ Category SSH
- Click on Auth
- Click on Browse and open your key
- Go back to Category Session, add IP and open
Write root
It asks for your SSH Key password
Change passwort for root with
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