Connecting Linux VM from Windows 10 using puTTY

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Background :

• Recently got a chance to work with Docker
• So our Admin / Support team given the Linux server
• In my laptop I have Windows 10
• To install Docker, I need to connect to Linux VM from my Windows 10 OS
• Since I am Microsoft guy, didnt got a chance to work with Linux VM, for me starting point is how to connect the Linux VM from my Windows 10 and hence birth of this article 🙂

One of the option to connect with Linux server from Windows is puTTY

What is puTTY ?

• From official website of puTTY – PuTTY is a free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms
• The latest version is 0.76
• We could download puTTy package from – https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
• Here I am downloading puTTY for Windows –

• Once downloaded, double click on .msi file, setup wizard will start

• Once puTTY installed successfully, to start it, type “puTTY” in Run box as shown in below Fig

• “PuTTY Configuration” dialog will open as shown in below fig

• As shown in above fig – PuTTY Configuration dialog, in the “Host Name” box either type ip address or server name to connect the server
• Once we entered the details (either server name or ip address) we will get prompt for “login as” or “password” as shown in below two figures

• With correct user name and password we will be able to connect successfully
• Once we connected successfully, we are ready to execute the commands as shown in below Fig

Thanks for reading 🙂 Enjoy the beautiful life 🙂 HAVE A SAFE LIFE 🙂 TAKE CARE 🙂