Can't log into droplet, authenticity of host 'hostname' can't be established

P4prik4

Using digitalocean and following this guide...
http://shinyidol.us/2016/05/30/setup-flarum-on-digital-ocean/
... and I'm stuck at the very first step 🙁

I type ssh root@ip address in terminal
and this is what I get back

The authenticity of host 'IP HERE (IP HERE)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is ...
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

how can i proceed without disabling StrictHostKeyChecking (from what little research I did)

ahmic

Did you try typing "yes" to continue?

P4prik4

ahmic
mmmh facepalm. idk what I was thinking,
i'm confused about the guide I linked, it says to use LEMP but then says it
"Since we created a LAMP mySQL is already installed."

Run cat /etc/motd.tail to get your mySQL root password

Running cat /etc/motd.tail does not work under LEMP.
should I go with LAMP instead?

or I just use this as described in the LEMP briefing text:
The MySQL root password is saved in /root/.digitalocean_password

katos

LEMP is Nginx, which is likely more difficult and technologically involved for a beginner than Apache (LAMP).

if you’re fairly new to this, I would advise LAMP, but ultimately it would be entirely up to you, and you should pick what you feel most comfortable with.

katos

Added “solved” as the original request has been answered.