Question
Unable to add ssh key on a new droplet
- Posted on December 30, 2020
- DigitalOcean Droplets
Asked by bktotient
I am trying to create a new droplet with ssh login. I used ssh-keygen to create a new key and copied the public key to the prompt but I am getting Something went wrong error when I try to sumbit it.
How can I resolve this issue.
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Hello, all
You can also check our existing tutorials on how to upload your ssh-keys to new or existing droplets:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/to-existing-droplet/
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
Hi @bktotient,
You need to add the public part of your SSH key. The public part of your SSH key can be usually found in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. Notice the .pub extension, this means it’s the public part. You have an id_rsa file as well, this is the private part.
Regards, KFSys