Logging in to a new virtual machine (Advanced Console)

This article will help you log into a new virtual machine using your personal key pair.

NOTE: This article does not apply to Virtual Appliances, which have a default username and password that can be used for console logins. To find these default username and passwords, please review our Virtual Appliance default username and passwords article.

Before creating your first virtual machine/instance, you would have needed to create a personal key pair by following our Create a keypair article. Done correctly, you would have ended up with a public key imported into the DataTenant cloud and two copies of your private key saved somewhere you can access. This article will guide you through using those two private keys to access an instance created using your public key.

Logging into a Windows virtual machine/instance

When you create a new virtual machine using a Windows image, your public key will be used to encrypt the Administrator password on the instance. You can use your private key to decrypt that password and then login using the Administrator account.

To begin, login to the DataTenant Cloud. Navigate to the Project, Compute, Instances menu.