3.12. Types of SSH authentication methods
While it is an important security practice, in some cases, you can also connect to an Azure instance without the Azure-generated key pair. The following examples show two methods for a SSH authentication:
- Example 1
- Provision a new Azure VM with a password without generating a public key file.
$ az vm create \
-g <resource_group> -l <azure_region> -n <vm_name> \
-vnet-name <vnet_name> -subnet <subnet_name> -size Standard_A2 \
-os-disk-name <simple_name> -authentication-type password \
-admin-username <administrator_name> -admin-password <ssh_password> -image <path_to_image>
$ ssh <admin_username>@<public_ip_address>
- Example 2
- Provision a new Azure VM with an existing public key file.
$ az vm create \
-g <resource_group> -l <azure_region> -n <vm_name> \
-vnet-name <vnet_name> -subnet <subnet_name> -size Standard_A2 \
-os-disk-name <simple_name> -admin-username <administrator_name> \
-ssh-key-value <path_to_existing_ssh_key> -image <path_to_image>
$ ssh -i <path_to_existing_ssh_key> <admin_username>@<public_ip_address>