Access and Manage Your Instance

How to access your instance

SSH Direct Connection

Steps:

1. Navigate to the Instance Details page and copy the Public IP Address.
   
2. Open a terminal application on your computer (e.g., Terminal on macOS/Linux or Command Prompt/PowerShell on Windows)
   
3. Run the following command, replacing username and <your-instance-ip> with your actual credentials:
   ssh username@<your-instance-ip>
   
4. When prompted, enter the password you configured during the instance creation process

Managing Your Instance

From the instance management interface, you can perform the following actions:

Edit Security Group:

Manage the firewall rules that control network access to your instance.

Reboot:

Restarts your instance. This action is similar to restarting a physical computer and is useful for applying updates or resolving system issues.

Terminate:

Permanently deletes your instance.

Warning:

This action is irreversible. All data, configurations, and the associated public IP address will be permanently lost. Proceed with extreme caution.

Console:

Access the instance's virtual console directly through your web browser. This is useful for troubleshooting network or boot issues when SSH is unavailable.