What username do I use to ssh to my instance?
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Hello there,
The default username is
rooton most operating systems, like Ubuntu and CentOS. Exceptions to this include Rancher, where you’ll log in as rancher, and FreeBSD, where you’ll log in asfreebsd.You can check our tutorial on How to Connect to Droplets with SSH
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/
Hope that this helps!
Hi @CuteLightCyanYacht,
If you are asking about your Droplet, you can SSH with the root user. In case you’ve provided your public key in the creation process then it would have been replicated on the Droplet and you should be able to login instantly with
where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is your Droplet’s IP address.
If you haven’t provided your public key and you can’t connect, I’ll recommend checking the following docs :
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/recovery-console/