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SSH to your GCP Instance as the root user.even when outbound SSH port (22) is blocked on your local system.
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On Local System

  1. Run the following command to generate a key.
$ ssh-keygen

You'll be asked to enter passphrase. You can leave that empty.

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:

A pair of keys (public and private) will now be generated and saved at the location you earlier entered.

Your identification has been saved in /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
<Your Key Here> your@email.com
  1. Start the ssh-agent:
$ eval `ssh-agent`
Agent pid 59566

add your key to the agent:

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
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