In the username field, paste your PuTTY username.ħ. Back in the FileZilla dashboard, type sftp:// followed by the IP Address of the instance you wish to connect to. Also, copy your SSH username, which is displayed in both the key comment section of the putty dashboard and at the end of your public key text. From your Google Cloud dashboard, navigate to Compute Engine > VM instances, and copy the IP Address of the instance you wish to connect to. In order to establish a connection between Google Cloud and Filezilla, you will need both the IP Address to your instance, and the username for your SSH Key. Click the Add key file… button, and select the private key file that you downloaded in Step 3. From the left-hand column of the settings menu, navigate to Connection > FTP > SFTP. Upload Private Key in FileZilla Open FileZilla, and navigate to Edit > Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the Edit page, click the Add item button, and paste the Public Key text that you copied in Step 3 into the box. Paste Public Key in Google Cloud From the hamburger menu in the upper left-hand corner of your Google Cloud Platform dashboard, navigate to Compute Engine > Metadata > SSH Keys. Copy and save the keys After your SSH Key files have been generated, copy the public key text from the top box, and download the private key file by clicking the Save private key button.Ĥ. After clicking the Generate button, move your cursor under the progress bar to generate your SSH key files.ģ. Generate SSH Keys After you’ve downloaded PuTTY Key Generator, open the application and click the “Generate” button to create a new pair of SSH Keys. You will use this application to generate a private/public key pair and establish a secure connection between your Google Cloud Platform instance and FileZilla.įileZilla is the FTP Client that we will use to securely manage our Google Cloud website’s files straight from our desktop.Ģ. Putty is an SSH client and key generator.

The first step in this tutorial is to download PuTTY and FileZilla.

Filezilla login page