This idea was imported from Canny. Originally created by: Laurence Man. The current owner is: Unassigned.
If a Windows instance is provisioned with SSH keys (i.e. no_ssh_keys is not true), then it would be nice if the instance had SSH access out of the box, with project and collaborator public keys added to the authorized_keys file on the Windows server.
Currently, Windows instances do not run sshd out-of-the-box. However users can easily install OpenSSH server themselves once they have RDP'ed in (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse?tabs=gui)
This comment was imported from Canny. Originally created by: Marques Johansson with 0 likes.
Laurence Man I've hobbled together some notes from the Equinix Metal documentation with a basic understanding of Powershell (and a little help from ChatGPT). This is an idea for a viable alternative that takes advantage of features already available. https://gist.github.com/displague/92584509f2fe8a78881ff29524d0941e Let me know (here or as a Gist comment) if this could fit your scenario.