transfer files between droplets? Permission denied (publickey)

Hi I am trying to transfer files from 1 droplet to another (they are in the same region). I found some articles about doing it using the VPC private IP.

I’ve tried a few things and I haven’t been able to get it working yet.

Please can someone give some guidance?

This is what I’ve tried on the droplet with the files:

• Logged in using Putty to SSH and entered this cmd
• scp -r /html/wp-content/testingthis root@12.134.5.6:/html/wp-content/

Result:

scp -r /html/wp-content/testingthis root@12.134.5.6:/html/wp-content/
The authenticity of host '12.134.5.6 (12.134.5.6)' can't be established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:FingerPrintStringHere.
This key is not known by any other names
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? FingerPrintStringHere
Warning: Permanently added '12.134.5.6' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
root@12.134.5.6: Permission denied (publickey).
lost connection

I then tried

• ssh-keygen
• Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): vpcfile

I then copied the contents of the vpcfile.pub and pasted it into the remote destination droplet:

• nano .ssh/authorized_keys

And then did this on both droplets:

• sudo service sshd restart

I then tried this cmd again:

• scp -r /html/wp-content/testingthis root@12.134.5.6:/html/wp-content/

And got this result:

root@12.134.5.6: Permission denied (publickey).
lost connection

I’ve tried following the instructions from these sites:

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/permission-denied-using-ssh-from-one-droplet-to-another
• https://gist.github.com/cole007/a413d49a041ee21a82fea6a8842493ad
• https://superuser.com/questions/1258329/digital-ocean-ssh-from-one-droplet-into-2nd-droplet

Please can someone advise on how to get this working?

Thank you