


The public key is placed on your Linux VM when you create the VM. The key is private, and only given to people you trust because it can be used to unlock the door. The lock is exposed to the public, anyone with the right key can open the door. The public-private key pair is like the lock on your front door. We recommend connecting to a VM over SSH using a public-private key pair, also known as SSH keys. Although SSH itself provides an encrypted connection, using passwords with SSH still leaves the VM vulnerable to brute-force attacks. SSH is the default connection protocol for Linux VMs hosted in Azure. SSH is an encrypted connection protocol that allows secure sign-ins over unsecured connections. For a more detailed overview of SSH, see Detailed steps: Create and manage SSH keys for authentication to a Linux VM in Azure. To use SSH keys from a Linux or macOS client, see the quick steps. You can also generate and store SSH keys in the Azure portal to use when creating VMs in the portal. This article is for Windows users who want to create and use secure shell (SSH) keys to connect to Linux virtual machines (VMs) in Azure. this would be the best solution: allow to edit individual hotkeys for all those menu options (fullscreen, seamless, resize, snapshot, reboot, etc.Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets So once again - PLEASE - allow at least combinations of Ctrl/Alt/Shift! I've tried them all, and it turned out I use even those all the time in one of my everyday apps. Same goes for other "obscure" keys like F11, F12. And there's another problem - this key wasn't designed to work as a "modifier" (used together with other keys), so this sometimes causes trouble. Last one I've mentioned - "Scroll Lock" - seems OK, as long as you have it on your keyboard (many laptops don't, at least not without some additional Fn key). This just happened for me a moment ago - AGAIN!! ( rightCtrl+R to "refresh" a page or something and everything goes away (VM reboot). until you forget you should have used the Left one for standard keystrokes and hit e.g. "Right Alt" - this one's used for entering special localized characters (Polish programmers keyboard layout). for somebody using various keyboard shorcuts all the time this is really a significant drawback. Perhaps someone using the mouse all the time doesn't care, but please. Right now I'm struggling with "Right Ctrl" or sometimes "Scroll Lock".Ĭan't use "Left Ctrl" - too much standard keystrokes depend on that. So something like Ctrl+Alt, or better yet rightCtrl+Shift would be possible. Waiting for an option to select a key combination as the "Host Key".
