Accessing Virtual Machine
- james.griffin (Unlicensed)
This page describes various ways of gaining access to the running BCH Star Registry Virtual Machine.
The two main ways of accessing the virtual machine are using a couple of free pieces of software, Putty and WinSCP:
Putty
Allows a user to remotely connect (using ssh protocol) to a physical or virtual machine running a UNIX/LINUX OS, opens up a remote terminal session.
Use this for interacting with the VM when you want to stop/start a service, change the firewall settings or anything you need to do using the terminal.
The terminal session is exactly what you would see when using LINUX without a GUI (Graphical User Interface), it is a bit like Windows command prompt but more powerful.
WinSCP
Allows a user to remotely connect (using SFTP protocol) to a physical or virtual machine and explore it's directory structure.
Use this when you want to transfer files between the VM and the machine your connecting to it from, also allows you to edit files on the fly with a notepad like text editor rather than VIM or NANO etc in the terminal.
WinSCP has lots of other features which you can find more about in the documentation.
Both these pieces of software require an IP address or URL for the target machine and it's login credentials WinSCP asks for these straight away where as Putty will open the terminal screen and then prompt you for them.