Using PuTTy to Connect to your instance.

Using PuTTY (Windows Only)

PuTTY is a SSH terminal for Windows. It can be used to access our instance as a terminal. To download putty go to http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/.

In the Host Name bar insert the IP address for the OpenStack Instance.

If this warning message appears, click ‘Yes’. This is a check that you trust the computer you are connecting to.

Enter the username ubuntu (or whatever the username is) and the password as given.

You are now accessing the terminal of your instance. Here we can see all the files are listed.