To ssh to your server on DigitalOcean you should first have Set up Your SSH Keys on the server. Assuming you have done this, it should be as simple as:
ssh root@yourdomain.com
Loggin in with your IP Address
Log into your server as the user 'root', either by:
- Using the terminal
- Using the Digital Ocean Web Console
Using the terminal
This is the preferred option. The terminal simply works faster, and more reliably than the clunky experience you get using the emulation in the web browser.
It's also something you will use a lot to configure things on your machine and on servers out there on the internet - so you might as well get used to it :)
So in the terminal app type the following line of text and hit return:
ssh root@128.199.166.158
If you have already pointed your domain at the DigitalOcean servers, then you can also:
ssh root@livecode.world
The first time you do this you will be asked to verify that you want to add this domain to your Known Hosts. Enter "yes" and you will be logeed into your new shiny server.
Be careful. You are still root, and can do anything (including deleting every file with one infamous command). The first thing you should do is Add a new user.
Using the Digital Ocean Web Console
Click on the access tab from you DigitalOcean, followed by the console access button.
The only disadvantage of the web console is you can't copy and paste into it. So you will have to type in the password they emailed to you.