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Connect to Bluemix VM with Putty

Joseph Chang

Senior IT Specialist

IBM Cloud Group

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Reference:

https://github.com/davidheijkamp/docs/wiki/Howto:-Creating-and-using-OpenStack---SSH-keypairs-on-Windows

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Take me to BluemixClick Here

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Sign up or Log in in to Bluemix

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Sign up if you are new to Bluemix

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Launch Dashboard

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Click on VIRTUAL MACHINE

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Creating a Key

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Creating a Keypair

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Click “Add Key

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Converting the key with PuttyGen

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Click ”CREATE”

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Creating a Keypair

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1. Fill in Key name

2. Click OK

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Creating a Keypair

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1. The key has been Created

2. The key is automatically download

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Creating a VM with the Key

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Creating a VM with the Key

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1. Select the image

2. Fill in Goup name

3. Select VM size

4. Assign SSH Key

5. Click Create

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View the VM Configuration

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The VM has been Created

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View the VM with Openstack Horizon Dashboard

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1. Refer to p6. There is a button name “Launch Horizon Dashboard.You can get more information about you VM from this dashboard

2. Take note for the Public IP

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Import the Key to Putty

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Generate the private with PuttyGen

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Go to your putty install directly and launch the PuttyGen

* If you don’t have a putty, download it by: http://www.putty.org/

1. Load myAccessKey.perm

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Save Private Key

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1. You should see the successful message

2 . Click Save Private Key

(Optional) You can fill in passphase

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Save Private Key

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1. Assign the key name

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Configure Putty

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Configure Putty

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1. Launch Putty, Click Connection -> SSH ->Auth

2. Load myAccessKey.ppk

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Configure Putty

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1.Launch Putty, Click Connection -> Data

2. The login name is “ibmcloud”

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Configure Putty & Connect to VM

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1. Launch Putty, Click Session

2. Fill in Public IP Address (refer to p.13 Horizon Dashboard)

3. Fill in a name then click “Save”

4. Click Open

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Connect to VM

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4. Click “Yes”

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Congratulation !! You have connected to the VM

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Thank you

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