Nimbus - login via Windows with PuTTY

What you need

1. Your instance’s IP address -> get this from the instance overview in your dashboard ###.###.###.###

2. Your login_name -> this depends on the name of the Linux OS image you selected

   Login names:

   | Ubuntu | ubuntu |

   | Debian | debian |

   | Fedora/Centos/Scientific Linux | fedora/centos/root |
   
   

3. The location and name of your private key pair, for eg "MyKeyPair.ppk". If you have not yet generated your Putty private key, follow these steps:

• Open PuTTYgen (All Apps -> Putty -> Puttygen)
• Click on the LOAD button.
• Select the .pem file you downloaded from the Nimbus Dashboard. If you cannot see your .pem file , select "All Files" instead of "Putty Private Key Files" from the dropdown bottom menu.
• Set a new passphrase and confirm it for your private key.
• Click on the "Save private key" button and give it the name you prefer.

Steps to log in

1) Open Putty

2) Under "Host name (or IP address)" put: login_name@###.###.###.###

3) In the menu on the left, expand "SSH" and click on "Auth".

4) Under the section "Authentication parameters" click on "Browse...".

5) Select your previously create .ppk private key.

6) Click on "Open" to start the connection to your instance.