On the Overview tab, in the Essentials section, verify the status of the VM is Running. To learn more about adding a public IP address to an existing VM, see Associate a public IP address to a virtual machine If your VM doesn't have a public IP Address, it looks like this: If you see an IP address next to Public IP address, then your VM has a public IP To check if your VM has a public IP address, select Overview from the left menu and look at the Networking section. You should now have an SSH rule in the table of inbound port rules. If there isn't a rule, add one by selecting Add inbound port rule.įor Service, select SSH from the dropdown. If the rule exists, you can move to the next section. On the Networking page, check to see if there's a rule that allows TCP on port 22 from the IP address of the computer you are using to connect to the VM. On the page for the VM, select Networking from the left menu. You can validate an appropriate port is open for SSH using the troubleshooter or by checking manually in your VM settings. The following instructions assume port 22 but the process is the same for other port numbers. To connect to a Linux VM, you need the appropriate port open. For more information, see Create, change, or delete a network security group. Most VMs have an NSG by default, but if you don't already have one you can create one and attach it manually. You need an existing Network Security Group (NSG). If you need help with creating one manually, see Create and use an SSH public-private key pair for Linux VMs in Azure. If you don't already have one, Azure creates a key pair during the deployment process. If you need to connect to a VM without a public IP, see Azure Bastion Service. This document describes how to connect, via SSH, to a VM that has a public IP. You can also use Azure Cloud Shell from any browser.

Any standard SSH client commonly found in Linux and Windows allows you to connect. When hosting a Linux virtual machine on Azure, the most common method for accessing that VM is through the Secure Shell Protocol (SSH).

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