Google Cloud FTP and SSH Access

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I just started using the free trial of google cloud. How can I access my VM using ssh and ftp/sftp? I googled a bit, but couldnt find much

Please move your question to [su]. It's [off-topic](http://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic) here. — Martin Prikryl, Nov 27 '14 at 07:30
See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/22203728/3618671) for `sftp`. — Misha Brukman, Nov 27 '14 at 21:44
See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27536795/3618671) for using plain `ssh` with public/private key authentication, instead of passwords. — Misha Brukman, Dec 27 '14 at 04:14

Rumanoid · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-28T14:37:26.863

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I fixed it, you have to /etc/ssh/sshd_config And change PasswordAuthentication no to yes. Then you use sudo service ssh restart To restart the ssh daemon. Then use sudo passwd to change the root password. Now you can ssh/sftp using username root and password what you just set

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answered Nov 28 '14 at 07:37

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I know this is a bad answer, I will change it when I have more time – Rumanoid Nov 28 '14 at 07:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '14 at 21:51

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Use the new tool gcloud for ssh'ing and other operations on your VM instances: gcloud compute ssh example-instance

answered Nov 26 '14 at 21:51

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Is there no way to use the normal ssh/ftp protovol? – Rumanoid Nov 27 '14 at 06:42
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You can use ssh client like putty to ssh into the instance. You can follow the steps on this link[1] to setup your ssh keys. [1] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/console#sshkeys – Faizan Nov 27 '14 at 15:24
Note that `gcloud compute ssh` will call `ssh` under the covers; you can replicate what it does as described in [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27536795/3618671). – Misha Brukman Dec 27 '14 at 04:16

Google Cloud FTP and SSH Access

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