Setting up a server on Google Cloud Platform

Question

I spun up a Ubuntu 16.04 VM on Google Cloud Platform and tried following steps one to three on setting the VM up .

Instead of ssh root@your_server_ip (step one), I just went to the console, clicked on the drop-down under the Connect column in "VM instances" and selected "Open in browser window". Then I followed steps two and three to create a new user and to give it root privileges.

Skipping the 'recommended' steps 4 and 5, I tried step 6 to do a test log in by activating the Cloud Shell. But ssh [user created in step 2]@your_server_ip , where your_server_ip is the "External IP" in the "VM instances" page results in "Permission denied (publickey)."

Why is this?

Answer 1

Martheen comment is right, you need to generate the ssh key pair in order to ssh.

As you are using the Google Cloud platform I will point you to the documentation related there. You can use the GCP ways to connect to the instance here .

Other methods to connect you can find here .