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Kali SSH Keys

ryan walker 6

I have been creating a kali machine using azure for part of my final grade in university however I cannot seem to SSH into it whether it be using the cloud shell or even Putty. I have tried methods such as generating via Puttygen or via azure itself.
Any help would be greatfully appreciated!!

BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-07-27T16:38:14.237+00:00
@ryan walker Please provide the following additional details to help troubleshoot the issue further:

What error do you see when trying to connect to the VM?

What image was used to create the VM?

Which region did you create it in?
ryan walker 6 Reputation points

2020-07-29T12:26:21.483+00:00

as mentioned in the support, once i try to SSH into the VM it comes up as this

For the image I simply used the Kali machine provided by azure, the region was in UK South.
BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-08-05T08:12:28.08+00:00

@ryan walker Let us know if there is anything else related to this thread that we can assist you with, else please feel free to mark and close this out if any of the responses below have been of help! Thanks again for reaching out.

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BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-07-27T16:38:14.237+00:00

@ryan walker Please provide the following additional details to help troubleshoot the issue further:

What error do you see when trying to connect to the VM?

What image was used to create the VM?

Which region did you create it in?
ryan walker 6 Reputation points

2020-07-29T12:26:21.483+00:00

as mentioned in the support, once i try to SSH into the VM it comes up as this

For the image I simply used the Kali machine provided by azure, the region was in UK South.
BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-08-05T08:12:28.08+00:00

@ryan walker Let us know if there is anything else related to this thread that we can assist you with, else please feel free to mark and close this out if any of the responses below have been of help! Thanks again for reaching out.

Answer 1

BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466

Hello @ryan walker ,

Thanks for the additional details. The issue as I understand it from the screenshot you posted, is the SSH command used to get into the VM.

It should be of the following format:
ssh -i <path-to-private-key-file> <administrator-username>@<IP-address>

For example:
ssh -i .\Downloads\myKey1.pem azureuser@10.111.12.123

I just created a Kali Linux VM on Azure in the UK South region providing Generate new key pair as the SSH key source option as follows:

And downloaded the private key upon being prompted:

Upon creation of the VM, I was able to login successfully using the SSH command in the mentioned format:

The exact same details/steps are mentioned in this Quickstart as well: Create a Linux virtual machine in the Azure portal

Please give it a try and let me know if you still see issues. Hope this helps!

ryan walker 6 Reputation points

2020-07-31T14:31:36.87+00:00

Hey!
Thanks for the response,
unfortunately that hasnt worked, i've created multiple VM's following those methods and each time it still comes up the public key denied. i have included a picture of my key on my desktop, the properties of said key (including the pathway), a screenshot of said pathway in the textbox on azure and the same outcome as per usual on the shell. I have tried moving the key to different locations, changing users on my computer (whilst changing the key path with each attempt of course) and each outcome gives the same result.
ryan walker 6 Reputation points

2020-08-02T12:55:55.387+00:00

sorry for the double post! i posted my response as an answer by accident, apologies!
BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-08-02T14:09:01.793+00:00

@ryan walker Thanks for the response! So, from the screenshot above, it looks like you have the private key downloaded alright to your machine but are trying to SSH from the Azure Cloud Shell within the browser.

Cloud Shell runs on a temporary host provided on a per-session, per-user basis, and utilizes Azure File storage to persist files across sessions. Therefore, it does not have access to the files stored on your machine. Hence the error "No such file or directory". :)

The easiest way to connect to your VM would be to open a local terminal on your machine and run the same SSH command. However, if you prefer to SSH from Cloud Shell, then you'll need to copy the private key over to the associated storage account.
BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-08-04T06:20:36.127+00:00

@ryan walker Just following up here to check if you're still seeing issues.
ryan walker 6 Reputation points

2020-08-05T12:04:38.227+00:00

apologies for the late delay, i am indeed still recieving trouble with it. i tried using PUTTY for it as that is my intended goal and still recieve the public key error even when inputting the private key into putty for authentication.

Answer 2

BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466

@ryan walker Sure, thanks for the response.

Here is how you can connect to your VM using PuTTY:

Generate the ppk file by loading the downloaded private key (in pem format) using PuTTYgen.
Once you have saved the ppk file, please use PuTTY to connect to your VM as follows:
Enter the VM IP under Session > Hostname; Navigate to Connection > SSH > Auth and load the generated ppk file for authentication; Click on Open.
When prompted, enter the username (as entered while creating the VM). You should see something like this:

Please reach out in case of additional questions.

BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-08-12T08:32:28.067+00:00

@ryan walker Just following up here to check if you're still blocked.
BhargaviAnnadevara-MSFT 5,466 Reputation points

2020-08-17T04:49:04.763+00:00

@ryan walker Let us know if there are more questions here, else please feel free to mark and close this out if any of the responses below have been of help.

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