SSH connection timeout

Can you share some more details about the issue you’re encountering? Can you share the exact error you are seeing when attempting to connect?

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When you next try ssh, use ssh -v -i [key] user@host

You should get some additional information:

• is ssh even responding?
• key or permissions issue?
• username or password issue?

Hello there,

We understand the SSH Connection times out frequently when working on your application. You can make the following changes in the sshd_config file and try once again.

Host *
    ServerAliveInterval 300
    ServerAliveCountMax 2

KeepAlive yes
ClientAliveInterval 300
ClientAliveCountMax 2

The ClientAliveInterval parameter specifies the time in seconds that the server will wait before sending a null packet to the client system to keep the connection alive.

Once the changes are made, you can reload the ssh daemon and give it another try.

systemctl reload sshd

You can also reach out to our Support so that our technical agents can assist you further.

Regards