How To SSH into your VM? - Google Cloud Platform (GCP | IAP tunnel | OS Login | Audit | Google IAM)
Source: YouTube · Anton Putra · published Aug 17, 2022 · 16:58
The video demonstrates multiple SSH methods for Google Cloud instances, with OS Login being the most secure and recommended approach for managing access to virtual machines 16:41-16:53.
Key Takeaways:
• Basic SSH key management using project metadata and instance-level keys, though this approach has drawbacks like manual key removal when team members leave 2:28-2:43
• Using gcloud CLI provides a more secure method for SSH access and can work with Identity Aware Proxy for instances with only private IP addresses 7:39-8:09
• Identity Aware Proxy allows SSH connections to instances with only private IP addresses through a secure tunnel, requiring specific IAM roles and firewall rules 9:56-10:12
• OS Login is the recommended method as it links Google Cloud identities to Linux users, providing centralized access management and the ability to grant or revoke sudo privileges 12:19-12:27
The video demonstrates a progression from basic to more secure SSH methods, ultimately recommending OS Login as the most secure approach for managing SSH access in Google Cloud environments 16:41-16:53.
Sources:
- 2:28-2:43 Discussion of basic SSH key management drawbacks
- 7:39-8:09 Using gcloud CLI for SSH access
- 9:56-10:12 Identity Aware Proxy for private instances
- 12:19-12:27 OS Login as identity management solution
- 16:41-16:53 Recommendation of OS Login as most secure method
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in this video i'll show you multiple ways how you can ssh to the public and private instances we're going to start by managing sh keys ourselves and upload them to the project metadata and individual instances then i'll show you a more secure way to use gcloud cli to manage sh keys as well as show you what firewalls you need to open to use identity aware proxy to ssh to the instances with only private ip addresses finally the recommended way is to use google os login service which is a service to map google cloud identity with linux users in that part i'll show you how to onboard a new user and grant necessary impermissions to a sh to the instances in one example we will grant full access to the vm including sudha privileges and then we will remove suda to simulate a regular user you can f…