Adding a plugin to my Discourse via Digitalocean Console

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Hi there - I’m trying to add plugins to my discourse forum via the console in digitalocean but having some difficulties…

I’m following the instructions of accessing:

cd /var/discourse
nano containers/app.yml

But when I enter the command, I get a bash response saying ‘no such file or directory’

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Duncan

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Was it a digitalocean one click install?

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Hey Bhanu thanks for the follow up - I had to install discourse manually in digitalocean, not the one click install.

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What is the output of

ls /var/discourse/containers

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when I input ls /var/discourse/containers the output is :

ls: connot access ls /var/discourse/containers : no such file or directory

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Is this the correct server? Why does it seem like your installation isn’t standard.

Does /var/discourse exist?

ls /var/discourse

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I believe it’s the correct server?

ls /var/discourse doesn’t exist either though - so it seems like something isn’t set up properly?

I’m trying to access my root@(myip) but a 'permission denied (publickey) response now

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That error means Your server uses key pair authentication instead of password. Do You remember setting up an ssh key?

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Yes yes I have set up an ssh key. I suppose I will need that key to access my server and make any changes?

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Yes! you’ll need to configure your ssh client to present your private key to the served for authentication.

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How do I do that :slight_smile:

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These instructions? How to Connect to your Droplet with OpenSSH :: DigitalOcean Product Documentation

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When I open my console in digital ocean I’m already in as root@discourse-beta-ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-nyc3-1-app:~#

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I think I figured out the mistake - the SSH key is pointing to the wrong IP address ( an old forum I had set up).

I updated the SSH key, but can’t seem to SSH into my new droplet. Thoughts?