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===Connecting from a Linux machine===
===Connecting from a Windows machine===
{{Command| ssh -i /path/where/your/key/is/my_key.key username@<public IP of your server>}}
[[File:MobaXterm basic.png|400px|thumb| Creating an SSH session (Click for larger image)]]
Most common Linux distributions have standardized on the name of the distro as the username. To connect to the provided CentOS images, you would use:
If you want to use a Windows computer to connect to your VM, you will need to have an interface application to handle the SSH connection. We recommend <b>MobaXTerm</b>, and will show the instructions for connecting with MobaXTerm below. If you want to connect using PuTTY instead, see [[Connecting with PuTTY]].
{{Command|ssh -i /path/where/your/key/is/my_key.key centos@<public IP of your server>}}
where <code><public IP of your server></code> is the public IP you set in the [[#Public IP | previous step]]. The username for Ubuntu instances is ''ubuntu'', and Debian instances have the ''debian'' username. By default the preconfigured cloud username will have full sudo privileges. The root account is normally disabled.
Latest revision as of 14:39, 19 December 2023
Connecting from a Windows machine
Creating an SSH session (Click for larger image)
If you want to use a Windows computer to connect to your VM, you will need to have an interface application to handle the SSH connection. We recommend MobaXTerm, and will show the instructions for connecting with MobaXTerm below. If you want to connect using PuTTY instead, see Connecting with PuTTY.
