Putty is an SSH tool for Windows. We have seen people struggle with it's user interface and we like to recommend other tools instead:

It you want to use Putty, here are the instructions.

Preparation

Make sure you have putty installed with the Pageant software.

SSH key creation

You can create a SSH key pair using putty's sibling application PuTTYgen.

Install an existing key pair

  1.  Open the Pageant software.
  2. In your startmenu right click on the Pageant icon and select 'Add key'
  3. Browse to the public key and open the file enter the password and click OK.
  4. If you double click on the Pageant icon you should see the key has been loaded.
  5. Open putty application 


  6. Enter the ip address of the VM that you like to access. You can find the ip by opening the RCS webportal go to your workspaces and collaps the VM that you like to access.
  7. Enter the ip into Host Name of your putty program and click on "Open"
  8. A new window will open and you should be able to enter your username.
  9. You can find your username in the RSC webportal in the PROFILE section.
  10. Once you have successfully accessed the server you should see something like this:
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