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Manage SSH Keys for GCP VMs

Published on December 23, 2020

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The proper handling of ssh keys for VMs is not covered in this document.

Using GCP's Web Shell​

For non terminal lovers, you can SSH into your VMs with the following steps:

  1. Login to GCP console.
  2. Navigate to Compute > VMs.
  3. Click on the SSH button for the desired virtual machine.

Using gcloud's CLI​

In order to access your VMs from your Bash terminal using gcloud, follow the followin steps.

$ gcloud auth login

$ gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

# if missing, it generates and stores SSH keys
$ gcloud compute ssh VM_NAME

Doing so is equivalent to simply run the classic ssh username@vm-ip-or-name.

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