SSH Sessions Dropping Frequently? Here's Exactly How I Troubleshoot It (opens in new tab)

Ever had your SSH session disconnect right in the middle of a production deployment? I have. After getting burned by it a few times, I created a simple troubleshooting checklist that helps me quickly find the root cause. You're in the middle of a critical deployment or debugging session on a production server. Suddenly: Connection to 172.20.10.5 closed by remote host. You reconnect… and it happens again 5 minutes later. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. SSH disconnections are one of ...