Can I connect to Google Cloud VM's through Chrome OS?

Question

In documentation I found this example:

ssh -i KEY_FILE -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o CheckHostIP=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no USER@IP_ADDRESS

But in Chrome OS in console I can't run ssh-keygen - therefore I not have KEY_FILE.

Any solution?

Answer 1

You can easily connect to your Google Cloud Compute Engine VM instance using either SSH or RDP (remote desktop protocol) through the Google Developers Console by selecting your project -> Compute on the left panel -> Compute Engine -> VM Instances -> and clicking the SSH or RDP button next to your Compute Engine VM instance. RDP connections will use the provided Chrome extension to connect and SSH will be opened in a new tab.