By Jack
Pardon my ignorance, DigitalOcean elders, but a lack of answers from the almighty Google Search has resulted in this call for help.
I know the problem is with UFW, I just don’t know how to fix it (obviously).
So before rebooting my droplet, everything works as it should—I can log in through SSH no problem. But after the reboot, I get this error:
(first attempt)
ssh: connect to host ###.###.##.### port 22000: Connection refused
(second attempt)
ssh: connect to host ###.###.##.### port 22000: Operation timed out
Then, if I go login through the web console and check UFW with sudo ufw status verbose, I get:
Status: active
Logging: on (low)
Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing), disabled (routed)
New profiles: skip
To Action From
-- ------ ----
80/tcp ALLOW IN Anywhere
443/tcp ALLOW IN Anywhere
22000/tcp ALLOW IN Anywhere
80/tcp (v6) ALLOW IN Anywhere (v6)
443/tcp (v6) ALLOW IN Anywhere (v6)
22000/tcp (v6) ALLOW IN Anywhere (v6)
(same output as with the command line before the reboot, port 22000 is open)
But if I restart UFW (sudo service ufw restart) in the web console, I can immediately log in through SSH on the command line.
Any ideas why this is happening?
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Just fyi for others: The first time I used ufw, I lost total control of my droplet after reboot.
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