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You have a number of compute instances belonging to an unmanaged instances group. You need to SSH to one of the Compute Engine instances to run an ad hoc script. You've already authenticated gcloud, h
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Submitted by saadiq_pk· Mar 30, 2026Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution
Question
You have a number of compute instances belonging to an unmanaged instances group. You need to SSH to one of the Compute Engine instances to run an ad hoc script. You've already authenticated gcloud, however, you don't have an SSH key deployed yet. In the fewest steps possible, what's the easiest way to SSH to the instance?
Options
- ARun gcloud compute instances list to get the IP address of the instance, then use the ssh
- BUse the gcloud compute ssh command.
- CCreate a key with the ssh-keygen command. Then use the gcloud compute ssh command.
- DCreate a key with the ssh-keygen command. Upload the key to the instance. Run gcloud compute
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#gcloud compute ssh#SSH key management#Compute Engine access