connect to container instance via FileZilla

Question

Hello,

Im new to the cloud computing. I wanted to connect to my container instance via FileZilla FTP protocol. Could you pls help with what values should I provide when adding new connection. Specifically user and password, are these values the same as my azure portal login values?

Best regards,

Roberts

Answer 1

Hello Franko,

Here is how you can connect the Azure container Image through FileZilla client

You need to install and configure open-ssh client in your container instance as follows:

1. First, access your container from Azure Portal or using the cmdlet: az container exec –resource-group <Your resource group> –name <name of the container> –exec-command “/bin/bash”
2. Install the following packages. I have used ubuntu container Image for this purpose. So, for you, there can be small differences depending up on the Linux flavor you use

   apt-get update
   apt-get install vim
   apt-get install ssh
   

Now, edit the sshd_config file: vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Do the following changes: Un comment the entries as below:

PermitRootLogin yes
Port 22
AddressFamily any
ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
ListenAddress ::
PasswordAuthentication yes

Once the changes are done, restart the ssh service

service ssh restart

Now, you are ready with connecting your Container instance through Filezilla Port 22. Make sure that you have username and password ready. Set the password for root user, if you don't know it yet (passwd)

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Regards,

Manu

Answer 2

@Franko999
If you have the FTP service running on the container and the port is open, then you can connect. The username and password is the name and password that you gave while creating the ftp server.

If you are looking to SSH into the container, then you can use the CLI like the mentioned in the document.

az container exec --resource-group myResourceGroup --name containername --exec-command "/bin/bash"  

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