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Digital Ocean - Creation Continued

Creating SSH Keys

If you prefer a visual accompaniment to help you to configure your Droplet to accept your SSH Keys, or you have not created your SSH keys; you may access our YouTube video titled Create Digital Ocean Droplet, for a detailed visual learning experience. This video also shows you have to upload your SSH keys

You may also follow step by step instructions using the tutorial below for Apple/Linux or Windows.

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If you choose the YouTube Series, it is highly recommended to watch the entire series, from the beginning and follow along with the step-by-step below.

SSH Key Generation Series - Video 4a by NetMet.

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Upload SSH Keys to our Droplet

Authentication Method

We need a way to access our Droplet (VPS).

We will setup access to our Droplet, via an SSH Key pair, created here mac or here windows. (Also visualized in the YouTube Series above.)

  1. Choose SSH Keys
  2. Choose New SSH Key

  1. Paste the public SSH Key contents saved in previous steps into this box
  2. Provide a name for your public key on Digital Ocean. This will be a name that Digital Ocean will recognize to offer you access to your key in the future. (tag)
  3. Click the Add SSH Key button

Next steps

Staying on the Digital Ocean web console page, inside the Create Droplet process, continue to the next steps.

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