connecting-to-a-google-cloud-virtual-machine-with-ssh-using-putty

One of the key offerings on the Google Cloud Platform is the ability to create highly customizable virtual machines instances hosted on Google’s infrastructure.
These instances can be configured to run with public images of compatible Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
Once the instances are created, user access to these instances needs to be setup, before users are able to connect.
Third party tools like PuTTY can be configured to access these instances via SSH.
In this quick start example, I will walk you thru setting up a Linux based VM and connecting via SSH using PuTTY.
We will use PuTTYgen to generate the ssh keys and PuTTY to connect