By ablochs
I’m getting this error (all of a sudden) - when trying to ssh into my droplet. Everything used to work and I didn’t change anything. I have tried rebooting the droplet through the admin panel but still have this error…
What could be wrong?
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ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22: Connection refused Hi there! Please someone help,I have been searching for a while but still can’t fix the problem,I get this message after type the command sudo apt-get install htop,now I can login my server,anyone have the same problem?please help.thank all!
This question could end up being a million diffrent things.
Try to login via the console in the DO control panel and run the following command first to see if ssh is actually running:
sudo netstat -plunt | grep ssh
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