Explanation
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute service provides console connections that enable you to remotely troubleshoot malfunctioning instances, such as:
- An imported or customized image that does not complete a successful boot.
- A previously working instance that stops responding.
There are two types of instance console connections:
- Serial console connections
- VNC console connections
After you have created the console connection for the instance, you can then connect to the serial console by using a Secure Shell (SSH) connection. When you are finished with the serial console and have terminated the SSH connection, you should delete the serial console connection. If you do not disconnect from the session, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure terminates the serial console session after 24 hours and you mustreauthenticate to connect again.
The VNC console connection uses SSH port forwarding to create a secure connection from your local system to the VNC server attached to your instance's console.
Windows does not include an SSH client by default, so youneed to install one. You can use PuTTY, or there are options that include a version of OpenSSH VNC console connections only work for bare metal instances launched on February 21, 2019, or later After you are connected with an instance console connection,you can perform various tasks, such as:
- Edit system configuration files.
- Add or reset the SSH keys for the opc user.