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How to create key pair in 3Engines Dashboard on 3Engines Cloud🔗

Open Compute -> Key Pairs

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Click Create Key Pair, insert the name of the key (eg. “ssh-key”) and Key Type.

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After generating Key Pair your new Private Key download window will appear. Click Open with Text Editor

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Save the key as “id_rsa” in the folder of your choice (in linux the keys are usually kept in ~./ssh folder).

In case of linux you should change the permissions on the private key:

$ sudo chmod 600 id_rsa

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Click key name in Key Pairs menu and read your public key. You can also save the key to a file like the private key. For example named “id_rsa.pub”.

  • To connect via SSH to your Virtual Machine using Linux, follow the steps in this FAQ:

How to connect to your virtual machine via SSH in Linux on 3Engines Cloud

  • To connect via SSH to your Virtual Machine using Windows (Command Prompt), follow the steps in this FAQ:

How to connect to a virtual machine via SSH from Windows 10 Command Prompt on 3Engines Cloud