This is a short guide on connecting to your Linux virtual machine made in Microsoft Azure. In this example, I connected using the PowerShell terminal in VSCode on a Windows host.
- Open a PowerShell terminal.
- Download the PEM file from Azure after creating a new virtual machine.
- Copy the IP address of the server.
- Use the following template to structure your SSH command.
- When you reach the server for the first time, you will be prompted to continue with the connection.
Structure
ssh -i 'path\to\directory\ssh_key.pem' username@ip_address
Example
PS C:\Users\Alex> ssh -i ‘C:\Users\Alex\SSH\ssh_key.pem’ [email protected]
The authenticity of host ‘192.168.5.6 (192.168.5.6)’ can’t be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:1jk23iojf9123jk12309vm120913nmvk.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
>Warning: Permanently added ‘192.168.5.6’ (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
[kansasdynamics@DC01 ~]$