While connecting to a machine, for example, Linux, the user can choose if it wants to access it “in” or “out” of the browser (Direct Access / Connect).
While selecting Direct Access, the connection will be made “out” of the browser, utilizing PuTTY or the Shell of the user machine. The option to make this without the need to authenticate is what will be shown below.
First step: Generate and copy the key in PuTTYgen
Open the PuTTYgen and click generate, to generate a new key, which will be utilized to the platform verify your authentication.
Yet in PuTTYgen, after generating the key, copy all its characters, image below.
Second step: Save the SSH key to VaultOne
In VaultOne, click in your username, in the upper right corner, then click in My settings.
Select SSH Access and paste the public key you generated in PuTTYgen, then click “Save”.
Third step: Save the private key in PuTTYgen
Return to PuTTYgen and click Saveprivatekey, in this case we are saving the public key in PuTTY format.
Fourth step: Access the PuTTY
Now the access via PuTTY can be done. Return to the Servers tab inside VaultOne, then choose the machine you want to connect “out” of the browser, after clicking Direct Access you should see the SSH that will be used in PuTTY, select the code but don’t copy the “ssh” or the “-p 2222”.
Open PuTTY, in Host Name, type the name of your user with the symbol of # at the end, after that paste the SSH code you copied in the VaultOne platform, and place the correct number of the Port, like the image below.
Yet in PuTTY, it will be needed to inform the private key before trying the connection.
Follow the instructions on the print below and in the Private key file for authentication: select the private key you saved earlier.
Now Click in “Open” to connect. In the first access it will be needed to inform the credential, after that it will not be needed anymore.
For security reasons at least once a day, it will be needed to inform the credentials.
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