Immediately after locking myself out I contacted support. They told me they could not help. At that point I destroyed my droplet. I had not done much so it was not a great loss. Another learning experience.... On 2022-06-16 08:17, Thomas Scott via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I don't remember, but I feel like DO wants you to use SSH keys by > default, and opens 22 by default. You should be able to add keys from > the console. Can you telnet to port 22 and not get a "port closed" > message? > > Best Regards, > -Thomas Scott > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 10:27 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> I am creating a "Droplet" on DigitalOcean and discovered something I >> >> want to share and it also prompts a question. >> >> I enabled ufw and opened a few ports. Then I logged out. When I >> tried >> to login later I realized I had not opened port 22 SSH. I thought >> they >> had done that for me. >> >> I contacted support and they told me they could not help because >> they do >> not have access to my server. >> >> 1) I learned one more thing - ensure port 22 is open. Life seems to >> be >> perpetual learning. >> >> 2) My question is if someone blocks port 22 or whatever they set SSH >> to >> how can support or anyone else open that port? >> >> Thanks!! >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss