Bluvalt Linux Servers are accessible only through Keypair. This document will help you to understand, how to access a linux machine from Microsoft Windows clients using a Keypair.

Assumptions

• You have subscribed to Bluvalt Cloud. If not, Get a subscription from here
• You have setup your vDC. If you dont know how to, these Videos will help.
• Create a Keypair and save to your Computer

Download Putty & Puttygen

Download the Files from Here. You can download Portable Execution file.

Create PPK file from PEM

1. Open puttygen
2. Under Type of key to generate, choose RSA.

If you’re using an older version of PuTTYgen, choose SSH-2 RSA.

3. Choose Load. By default, PuTTYgen displays only files with the extension .ppk. To locate your .pem file, select the option to display files of all types.

4. Choose Save private key to save the key in the format that PuTTY can use. PuTTYgen displays a warning about saving the key without a passphrase. Choose Yes.

5. Specify the same name for the key that you used for the key pair (for example, my-key-pair). PuTTY automatically adds the .ppk file extension.
6. Your private key is now in the correct format for use with PuTTY. You can now connect to your instance using PuTTY’s SSH client.

Access the VM using Putty

1. Open Putty

2. Write the Floating IP of the virtual server in to Hostname Field
3. Click on the + sign on the Left pane associated to SSH

4. Choose the converted PPK file. If this is the first time you have connected to this instance, PuTTY displays a security alert dialog box that asks whether you trust the host you are connecting to.
5. (Optional) Verify that the fingerprint in the security alert dialog box matches the fingerprint that you previously obtained in step 1. If these fingerprints don’t match, someone might be attempting a “man-in-the-middle” attack. If they match, continue to the next step.
6. Choose Yes. A window opens and asks for the user name. For default username, refer this Link.
7. Once you enter the user name you can see the console.