Why am I being disconnected from my Linode after a few minutes of inactivity?
Linode
Linode Staff
Anytime I leave my Linode inactive for a few minutes, I am disconnected from my SSH session. How can I increase this interval so I don't need to log in so frequently?
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jyoo
Linode Staff
We typically find that connectivity timeouts are a result of a setting in place for the SSH client as opposed to the Linode itself, but there are a couple of things you can do to narrow down the cause and fix this issue. For your Linode, adding a line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config
that states ClientAliveInterval 60
should prevent you from seeing a timeout error. The same can be done on your local computer. Both options are described in this article.