Requirements to Connect to an OCI Instance Using PuTTY

To connect to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) instance using PuTTY we need three things:

1. Public IP of the instance
2. PuTTY Private Key (.ppk) we created using PuTTYgen
3. Username

Steps to Connect to the instance using PuTTY

Step 1 - We need to open the PuTTY application.

Step 2 - On the PuTTY Configuration page type the Public IP of your instance in Host Name (or IP address)

Step 3 - Click the [+] icon, which is on the left side of SSH

Step 4 - In the SSH expanded menu click [+] icon which is on the left side of Auth

Step 5 - In the Auth expanded menu, click Credentials

Step 6 - Click Browse to open the private key file for authentication

Step 7 - Navigate to where we stored our .ppk format private key, select it, and click Open

Step 8 - Now path to the .ppk file will show up in the Browse input, and click Open

Step 9 - Click Accept and proceed

Step 10 - Find our Username in instance details

Step 11 - Enter your Username in PuTTY and press Enter

Step 11 - Now we can run any Linux Commands