Once you have deployed a Linux machine through our CAS portal, you will have two ways on how to connect to your Linux server using the SSH protocol.
Connect to Linux instance via CAS Portal
Log into your CAS portal and navigate to Cloud Manager > VM instances and locate your new VM.
Select your VM that you want to connect to and then press "CONNECT" button located in the top menu of the VM Instances page. This will automatically open a new a tab asking you if you want to initiate a SSH connection to the VM instance and you will press connect. It automatically logs you in as an admin with an account created with your google username. For example, if your google account is Jsmith@gmail.com, the linux account would be Jsmith@servername.
With this you now have full command line access to linux.
In order to allow external access to the server please see the following article by Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/connecting-advanced#thirdpartytools
If you get access denied, you may also need to run sudo or sudo su before the command, the account Google creates for you should have sudo permissions.
2. Connect to Linux instance via Google Cloud Console
Log into the Google Cloud Console and navigate to Computer Engine> VM Instances and locate your new VM.
Click on the "SSH" button under the Connect section. Google will launch a new window with an SSH connection to the linux VM. It automatically logs you in as an admin with an account created with your google username. For example, if your google account is Jsmith@gmail.com, the linux account would be Jsmith@servername.
With this you now have full command line access to linux.
In order to allow external access to the server please see the following article by Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/connecting-advanced#thirdpartytools
If you get access denied, you may also need to run sudo or sudo su before the command, the account Google creates for you should have sudo permissions.