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setting up global gcp vm

I need help setting up VM using GCP, this is my first VM on GCP

How can I set it up so anyone that has username@IP and password to be able to login

i.e (ssh user@IP password)

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Solution

    1. Log into the VM using:

      gcloud compute ssh VM_NAME

      or via web SSH (by clicking "ssh" on the GCP console).

    2. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change PasswordAuthentication no to PasswordAuthentication yes.

    3. Restart sshd service:

      systemctl restart sshd

    4. Add the user and grant password:

      adduser testuser

    5. Uuse username and password to log into the VM:

      ssh testuser@PUBLIB_IP_OF_VM