Uploading the public key for virtual application patterns

Your public key must be installed on virtual machines that you want to connect to.

About this task

Your public key must be installed on virtual machines that you want to connect to.
  • For new virtual application patterns, you can upload the public key during deployment by copying and pasting the public key into the SSH Key section of the Deploy Virtual Application dialog box. For details, see the Related tasks section.
    Important: Do not copy the key from the console output of the UNIX commands cat, less, or more, which can introduce line breaks into the key that might render it invalid.
  • If SSH key-based access is not configured for an existing virtual application instance, you can upload a new public key. You can also replace an existing public key with a new one if you generated a different SSH key pair to access virtual machines in the virtual application instance. For more information, see the Related tasks section.

What to do next

When you troubleshoot or perform maintenance on a particular virtual machine, you can connect to it using SSH. There are several ways to make an SSH connection to a virtual machine.

To connect to a virtual machine from the system, open the virtual application instances page by clicking Instances > Virtual Applications. Expand the Virtual machine perspective section, and click Login from the SSH column. Browse to your private key, and click OK. An SSH connection to the virtual machine opens in a new tab.

See the Related information section for technotes with instructions on accessing a virtual machine with OpenSSH on UNIX or with the PuTTY client on Windows.