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ssh after digital ocean droplet
  1. Create your local ssh key using ssh-keygen
  2. Copy ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to digital ocean my profile > security
  3. Create droplet with added ssh key
  4. Droplet dashboard > Access > Reset root password
  5. Email will come with root password
  6. Droplet dashboard; on right top there is "Console" to server
  7. Enter the root password you copied from e-mail
  8. Create a new password
  9. Local terminal; ssh-copy-id -i id_rsa.pub YOUR_SERVER_IP creates known hosts file under .ssh/
  10. If ssh key correct you can continue, if not;
  11. ssh-keygen -R YOUR_SERVER_IP puts correct ssh (the one you put in digital ocean profile secutiry) into your known_hosts file
  12. Now you can login with ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP
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