Virtual machine terminal

Google Cloud Nightscout » Terminal

You can access a Linux terminal on your virtual machine if you have completed the setup of your virtual machine.

If you have logged out, go to Google Cloud and sign in using your Google account.
Click on Console.
Console

Go to dashboard.
Dashboard

Select “Compute Engine”.
Dash

Click on SSH on the line associated with your Nightscout virtual machine.
SSH
If your browser asks permission to open a window, grant it. If your browser is set to block pop-ups, this will not work. You will need to change your browser’s settings to allow pop-ups from the Google Cloud page.

If you see the following, please authorize.
AuthorizeSSH_in_browser

Be patient as it may take a few seconds for the terminal to come up.
TerminalBlank

If you have completed installation already, a menu will come up in the terminal.
Main Menu
If you need to use the terminal (shell), you can close the menu (exit to shell).

If instead, you get a connectivity error message shown in the following image, click on “Retry without Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy”.
Aware

When you are done using the terminal, you can click on X at the top right corner to close it.