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  <title>Creating an Instance Console Connection for a Cloud VM</title>
  
  <body>
    <p>To create a instance console connection, the cloud VM must be in <b outputclass="bold">Running</b> state. </p>
    <ol>
      <li>Right-click the cloud VM name and select <b outputclass="bold">Console</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Create
          Connection</b>. </li>
      <li>
        <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Public Key</b> dialog is displayed. Paste the public key used for the instance
          connection into the dialog and click <b outputclass="bold">OK</b>. </p>
        <p>By default, either the first entry in your SSH keys folder or the public key used for your previous instance
          console connection is used. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Connect</b> to connect to the instance. An instance console is displayed
          automatically on the host. </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>(Optional) Click <b outputclass="bold">Show Log</b> to display log messages for the instance console
          connection. </p>
      </li>
    </ol>
    <p>See the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> documentation for details about how you can use an instance
      console connection to troubleshoot instance problems. </p>
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