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CHPC Cloud Resources
Getting Started
How can I access the instance or virtual machine ?
1. OpenStack dashboard: Use console, double-click on the instance name you want to access and select the console tab. Use the login credential to access your instance if previously created and password authentication method enabled.
2. ssh into virtual machine: When you started the VM and specified the name of your key pair, its public part was automatically added to the default user’s “~/.ssh/authorized_keys” file, which will allow you SSH access into it.
From your laptop, first change the permissions for the private SSH key, so your SSH client doesn’t complain when you will try to use the key:
chmod 400 path_to_private_key
Then, using the desired SSH client application, run:
ssh -i path_to_private_key ubuntu@X.X.X.X
NB The X.X.X.X denotes to the IP address (use public IP allocated to the instance). ubuntu is the default username for ubuntu images and centos for CentOS images
3. Customize your virtual machine, upgrade the package index and existing packages, and it’s especially important to apply all the security updates available.
