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I am using putty to connect to my Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.



I decided to change the default SSH port from 22 to 443.
I did this changing the line



Port 22


in /etc/ssh/sshd_config



to Port 443



Now when I am trying to connect to the server using port 443 I get the error saying "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"



When I try to connect to the server using port 22 I get the error saying "Network error: Connection refused"



The server is up and running I just cannot connect to it anymore, is there anyway to fix this?










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    I am using putty to connect to my Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.



    I decided to change the default SSH port from 22 to 443.
    I did this changing the line



    Port 22


    in /etc/ssh/sshd_config



    to Port 443



    Now when I am trying to connect to the server using port 443 I get the error saying "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"



    When I try to connect to the server using port 22 I get the error saying "Network error: Connection refused"



    The server is up and running I just cannot connect to it anymore, is there anyway to fix this?










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      I am using putty to connect to my Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.



      I decided to change the default SSH port from 22 to 443.
      I did this changing the line



      Port 22


      in /etc/ssh/sshd_config



      to Port 443



      Now when I am trying to connect to the server using port 443 I get the error saying "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"



      When I try to connect to the server using port 22 I get the error saying "Network error: Connection refused"



      The server is up and running I just cannot connect to it anymore, is there anyway to fix this?










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      I am using putty to connect to my Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.



      I decided to change the default SSH port from 22 to 443.
      I did this changing the line



      Port 22


      in /etc/ssh/sshd_config



      to Port 443



      Now when I am trying to connect to the server using port 443 I get the error saying "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"



      When I try to connect to the server using port 22 I get the error saying "Network error: Connection refused"



      The server is up and running I just cannot connect to it anymore, is there anyway to fix this?







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          is there anyway to fix this?





          • Use the system console (out of band connection) if available.

          • Use the VPS recovery boot to mount the VPS disk and then edit the sshd_config file to reset the port to 22 from 443.


          Less optimally




          • Boot a new VPS instance, configure as per the first instance using your configuration management tools and recover from backups.






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            is there anyway to fix this?





            • Use the system console (out of band connection) if available.

            • Use the VPS recovery boot to mount the VPS disk and then edit the sshd_config file to reset the port to 22 from 443.


            Less optimally




            • Boot a new VPS instance, configure as per the first instance using your configuration management tools and recover from backups.






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              is there anyway to fix this?





              • Use the system console (out of band connection) if available.

              • Use the VPS recovery boot to mount the VPS disk and then edit the sshd_config file to reset the port to 22 from 443.


              Less optimally




              • Boot a new VPS instance, configure as per the first instance using your configuration management tools and recover from backups.






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                is there anyway to fix this?





                • Use the system console (out of band connection) if available.

                • Use the VPS recovery boot to mount the VPS disk and then edit the sshd_config file to reset the port to 22 from 443.


                Less optimally




                • Boot a new VPS instance, configure as per the first instance using your configuration management tools and recover from backups.






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                is there anyway to fix this?





                • Use the system console (out of band connection) if available.

                • Use the VPS recovery boot to mount the VPS disk and then edit the sshd_config file to reset the port to 22 from 443.


                Less optimally




                • Boot a new VPS instance, configure as per the first instance using your configuration management tools and recover from backups.







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