Hi guys,
So in the recent two days, I’ve come back to my projects. I left them for about a month or so. I noticed when I work on my droplet, my SSH connection is fine but if I leave if for more than 5 minutes, it just drops.
Can you guys assist me, is this something specific to Digital Ocean droplets?
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Hi @Remdore ,
I can see this has been fully discussed HERE
To paraphrase, in order to keep your connection alive for more than the default time, some adjustments will be needed.
First, you’ll need to edit your sshd_config file.
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find the following lins and uncomment them
TCPKeepAlive
ClientAliveInterval
ClientAliveCountMax
Once you do, change their values to
TCPKeepAlive yes
ClientAliveInterval 30
ClientAliveCountMax 99999
Save the changes you’ve made and restart your sshd service
service sshd restart
Regards, KDSys
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Hello all,
I’m giving an updated answer on the question so that it’s easier to follow:
To paraphrase, in order to keep your connection alive for more than the default time, some adjustments will be needed.
First, you’ll need to edit your sshd_config file.
Find the following lins and uncomment them
Once you do, change their values to
Save the changes you’ve made and restart your sshd service
You need to edit your local SSH config as well. You’ve finished the first part with the questions you’ve provided.
What you need to do is add
locally.
There a couple of ways to do so. You can add it in the
/etc/ssh/ssh_configfile like soor in your .ssh/config file:
Either you have made the changes that have lead to the issue or your hosting server. Contact the support team from your hosting site or visit their FAQs to know whether they have your answer.