I created a new Ubuntu droplet. I added the SSH key (Public) From Terminal on OS X: (following the tutorial) Then, ssh root@IP where IP = public IP of the droplet ERROR: Permission denied (publickey). Any ideas?

On your OSX machine you need to load your Identity file. This can be done two ways. Defining the file in your ssh command ssh -i /path/to/id_file username@hostExample: ssh -i /Users/jondoe/.ssh/id_rsa root@mydomain.com Adding the file to your ssh-agent - ssh-add /path/to/id_fileExample: ssh-add /Users/jondoe/.ssh/id_rsa Note: If you get an ssh-agent error, enter: eval `ssh-agent` before #2

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Question

SSH into Ubuntu

Posted on December 16, 2017

Ubuntu 16.04

DigitalOcean

By Steve1

I created a new Ubuntu droplet.
I added the SSH key (Public)
From Terminal on OS X: (following the tutorial)
Then, ssh root@IP where IP = public IP of the droplet
ERROR: Permission denied (publickey).

Any ideas?

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Jason Peters

December 17, 2017

On your OSX machine you need to load your Identity file. This can be done two ways.

Defining the file in your ssh command ssh -i /path/to/id_file username@host Example: ssh -i /Users/jondoe/.ssh/id_rsa root@mydomain.com
Adding the file to your ssh-agent - ssh-add /path/to/id_file Example: ssh-add /Users/jondoe/.ssh/id_rsa

Note: If you get an ssh-agent error, enter: eval `ssh-agent` before #2

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