Approach 1: Connect via SSH to the Compute Instance Public IP Address using a SSH Private Key with the macOS Terminal
In this approach, we will connect to a Linux instance using SSH and the public IP address that is provided by OCI to connect directly to the instance using the macOS terminal.
- Run the following commands.
1 - Use the command line interface (CLI) to navigate to the folder where the public and private keys are stored.
cd Downloads
cd MyFreeInstanceKeys
ls -l
2 - Connect to the instance using the SSH command where you specify the private key. 3 - Restrict permissions of the private key and make sure the access is restricted, before it can be used.
chmod 600 ssh-key-2024-01-31.key
4 - Connect to the instance using the SSH command where you specify the private key.
ssh -i ssh-key-2024-01-31.key [email protected]
5 - Run the following command to verify the IP address.
ip a
6 - Verify the IP address.
