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Setup ssh in remote VM
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setup.md

In VM

sudo adduser ubuntu
sudo su ubuntu
cd /home/ubuntu

mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh

cd .ssh
touch authorized_keys
chmod 600 authorized_keys

# if want user to have sudo:
# sudo usermod -aG sudo ubuntu

Read below for public private key generation paste contents of ~/.ssh/MYKEYNAME.pub in local machine into authorized_keys

In Local Machine

ssh-keygen -t rsa  # path: ~/.ssh/MYKEYNAME
cat ~/.ssh/MYKEYNAME.pub
echo "copy above public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in VM"
vim ~/.ssh/config

Add the following:

Host vm-gcp
User ubuntu
Port 22
Hostname VM_IPADDR
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/MYKEYNAME
TCPKeepAlive yes
ForwardAgent yes
IdentitiesOnly yes
StrictHostKeyChecking no

Now run ssh vm-gcp

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